CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The last day of in-person early voting in North Carolina is on Saturday, Nov. 2. There is still time to head to the polls before the 3 p.m. cut-off.
What makes early voting unique, is that people can register to vote on-the-spot when they arrive at their polling place, if they have not already registered.
Elections officials are reminding all voters to bring an approved form of identification, such as a driver's license.
If a person is already registered to vote, they can vote on Saturday, or, wait to cast their ballot in person on Election Day, Nov. 5.
Voters can check to make sure their registration information is accurate using the North Carolina State Board of Elections Voter Search tool. That's where voters can also find their polling place, absentee ballot information and more.
The absentee ballot return deadline 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, which is the time the ballot must be received by election officials.
The State Board of Elections released a statement on Saturday morning to clarify who is eligible to vote. The board said the statement was written "in response to reported confusion among some naturalized citizens about their eligibility to vote."
Here is the full statement:
North Carolina residents: if you are a citizen of the United States, will be at least 18 years old by Election Day, and are not serving a felony sentence, you are eligible to vote.
It does not matter if you were born a U.S. citizen or were naturalized or acquired citizenship. And it does not matter if you are a citizen, but your family members are not. Citizenship is citizenship, and it pertains to you.
The State Board of Elections welcomes all eligible voters to make their voices heard at the polls.
On Saturday, three days away from the Nov. 5 general election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held rallies in North Carolina.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday urged residents to remain patient as traffic may accumulate around polling locations. Police also asked people to be courteous toward poll workers and others who live near the voting sites.
The Tar Heel State is once again taking center stage in the 2024 election as candidates are clamoring to win the key swing state.
North Carolina set a new record for early voting during the 2024 election, with over half of registered voters statewide casting a ballot so far, according to the State Board of Elections.
As of 2 p.m. on Friday, more than 3.7 million voters cast ballots in person during the early voting period that began on Oct. 17. The number beats the previous record of 3,629,000 ballots cast early in 2020.
Nationwide, over 59 million people have voted in the election already.
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