We urge every reader to make use of the opportunity—and the citizen’s duty—to vote!
For the upcoming 2024 primary elections in NC, the state Board of Elections has a very useful and informative website (www.ncsbe.gov/registering), with sections on how to register, the different ways you can choose to vote (absentee, early in person, by mail, in person on election day, etc.); and what you will need to be a voter whose vote will count.
Here’s an Overview
Make sure you’re registered to vote. For all the following, you can call the Buncombe County Board of Elections (BOE) at (828) 250-4200; or you can go to www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/Default.aspx, where you can:
- Register to vote;
- Choose whether to register with one of the five recognized NC political parties* or as an unaffiliated voter**
*The Democratic Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the No Labels Party, and the Republican Party
**In a partisan primary, voters affiliated with a political party may vote only on their party’s ballot and may not vote in another party’s primary. (For example, a registered Republican may only vote in the Republican Party primary.) Unaffiliated voters may choose any party’s ballot—but only one—or a nonpartisan ballot (if available) in a primary election.
- Update your registration (if you’ve moved, or changed your name, etc.);
- Check your registration to make sure you have not been removed from the voting rolls
Here are the important dates to mark in your calendar!
- Jan. 19: County boards of elections begin mailing absentee ballots to eligible voters who submitted an absentee ballot request form.
- Feb. 9: Voter registration deadline (5 p.m.).
- Feb. 15: In-person early voting begins.
- Feb. 27: Absentee ballot request deadline (5 p.m., one week prior to Election Day)
- March 2: In-person early voting ENDS (3 p.m.).
- March 5: Primary Election Day.
- March 5: Absentee ballot return deadline (7:30 p.m.).
You will need a Photo ID
As of this year…
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