Places to
Register:
Mail
- Download the following voter registration form (English
version or
Spanish version) and completely fill out the form. The completed forms
should then be mailed directly to the
County Board of Elections in the county in which you reside.
To receive a form in the mail, please call or email
your
County Board of Elections office.
DMV - The driver's license examination offices,
located throughout the State, have conducted a successful voter registration
program since 1984. A person may complete a voter registration transaction
at any driver's license examination office when conducting official DMV
business with that office (applying for or renewing a driver's license, I.D.
card, etc.).
Libraries and public high schools - North Carolina
has mail-in voter registration forms available through public libraries and
high schools. These locations do not accept the forms for the county board
of elections office. Forms may be obtained at these locations, completed and
mailed to the appropriate
County Board of Elections office.
Deadline to
Register:
The deadline to register to vote in North Carolina is 25 days before the day
of the election. Forms that are received by the county board of elections
office or postmarked by the deadline are accepted as valid applications for
the upcoming election. Also, agency and DMV voter registration transactions
that are completed by the deadline are accepted as valid for the upcoming
election. Applicants will be notified by the county board of elections of
their precinct and polling place assignments.
