The following is a statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections: North Carolina’s statewide election management system will not allow a voter to vote twice in an election.
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North Carolina voters who vote by mail can now track the status of their absentee ballot with a new online service called BallotTrax.
On Friday, September 4, county boards of elections across North Carolina will begin sending absentee by mail ballots to registered voters who have requested ballots for the November 3 election. North Carolina is the first state to send ballots to voters for the 2020 election.
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.