What to know about voting on Election Day

UNC-Chapel Hill supplies a reminder of sources about voting to assist neighborhood members make a plan to vote on Election Day this Nov. 5.

Election Day

If you’re already registered to vote, you’ll be able to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. The polls might be open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. You possibly can test your registration, discover your polling place and obtain a pattern poll on the N.C. State Board of Elections web site. There isn’t any same-day registration obtainable on Election Day. The deadline to register to vote on Election Day itself has handed.

Most Carolina college students who’re registered to vote with a neighborhood handle on or round campus are assigned to vote on the Sonja Haynes Stone Middle for Analysis in Black Tradition and Historical past (150 South Highway).

Voting for these affected by Hurricane Helene

College students and workers impacted by the Helene catastrophe can go to www.ncsbe.gov/Helene. This webpage contains data for individuals who might have misplaced their different acceptable type of Voter ID within the catastrophe.  

Voter ID

All voters are required to point out a photograph ID with a purpose to vote; please see NCSBE for potential exemptions to the picture ID requirement. For details about what types of identification are accepted, go to the voter ID web page on the North Carolina State Board of Elections web site.   

Because of latest litigation, the North Carolina Board of Elections is not going to settle for the cell UNC One Card as a type of voter ID, and the State Board has instructed county election officers of this choice. That signifies that college students and workers might not use their cell UNC One Card as a type of voter ID within the basic election—neither for absentee voting nor for in-person voting. 

This choice impacts cell One Card solely. The bodily pupil and worker UNC One Card IDs are nonetheless permitted for use as voter ID. 

College students and workers who solely have a cell One Card might want to make different preparations to current different accepted types of voter ID. Listed below are some sources obtainable to college students and workers: 

• Find out how to Acquire a Bodily One Card: College students and workers who want a bodily One Card to function a voter ID might request one on the One Card Workplace. A bodily One Card, with out the chip expertise of the usual One Card, is offered for gratis for any college, workers or pupil who solely obtained the cell One Card.
• Different Acceptable Types of Voter ID: College students and workers might use every other acceptable types of voter ID printed by the State Board of Elections on its Voter ID webpage.

Go to the One Card web site. In case you have questions on your residency or voter registration usually, go to the North Carolina State Board of Elections web site.