North Carolina elections officials continue to receive complaints and questions about mass mailings and text messages to voters about the November 8 general election. The State and county boards of elections are not sending these. They come from private political groups.
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N.C. voters wishing to cast their ballot by mail in the 2022 general election have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 1 to request a ballot.
About 135,400 North Carolina voters cast ballots on the first day of in-person early voting Thursday.
The turnout was on par with the nearly 136,500 voters who cast ballots on the first day of in-person early voting in 2018.
Over the past couple of days, the State Board of Elections has received numerous calls from voters across North Carolina who are confused or angered by mailers that include information, sometimes inaccurate, about whether they voted in the 2018 or 2020 elections.
North Carolina’s in-person early voting period begins Thursday, October 20, and ends at 3 p.m. Saturday, November 5.
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022.
The State Board of Elections today released detailed guidance aimed at ensuring all voters can safely and securely cast their ballot and election officials can perform their duties free of harassment, intimidation, and interference.
Eligible individuals who want to cast their ballot on Election Day 2022 must register to vote by Friday, October 14.
The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
Beginning Friday, September 9, North Carolina’s county boards of elections will begin mailing absentee ballots to voters who request them for the 2022 general election.