Press Releases

The State Board of Elections launched the Absentee Ballot Request Portal, which will allow voters to request ballots online.
Students at colleges and universities who choose to vote by mail should request to have their ballot sent to the address where they will receive it.
The State Board of Elections this week released an improved North Carolina Absentee Ballot Request Form for the Nov. 3 election.
Statement from the State Board of Elections about the security of voting by mail in North Carolina.
The State Board of Elections has learned that a voter advocacy group mailed about 80,000 absentee ballot request forms to North Carolina residents with voters’ information already filled out on the forms.
Beginning Monday (Jan. 13), absentee by-mail ballots for the March primary election will be mailed to voters who requested them.
The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2019, in the Triangle Ballroom at Cary Embassy Suites, located at 201 Harrison Oaks Boulevard, Cary, NC 27513.
The N.C. State Board of Elections is seeking public comments from June 21 to July 12 on proposed rules changes related to the implementation of the new voter ID law, including the photo identification requirement for absentee-by-mail voting.
The State Board of Elections will hold a public meeting beginning at noon on Thursday, June 13, 2019, in person at The Dobbs Building, Third Floor, 430 N. Salisbury Street, in Raleigh.