Tips for Voting in the 2024 General Election After Helene

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If you are displaced, you can request an absentee ballot to be delivered to your new location.

If you have already requested an absentee ballot and need it to be sent to a new location, contact your county board of elections to spoil your current ballot and reissue a ballot to your new location.

Request an absentee ballot online at the North Carolina Absentee Ballot Portal.

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, is the deadline to register or to change your registration to a new location.

Register online at the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) if you have an N.C. driver’s license or other NCDMV ID. Or download and print the registration form:

N.C. voter registration form in English (PDF)

N.C. voter registration form in Spanish (PDF)

You can also register at an early voting site with an official document showing your voting address.

In North Carolina, you must have lived at your residence as of 30 days before the election to vote there — by Sunday, Oct. 6.

If you move by Oct. 6 with no intent to return (or you’re uncertain), you can register to vote in your new location.

If you move after Oct. 6, even with no plans to return, you should vote using your prior residence.

If you are only moving temporarily and plan to return, keep voting using your prior residence.

Any North Carolina voter can check their voter registration status using the Voter Search tool.

If you lost your photo ID due to Helene, you have options:

Fill out a Photo ID Exception Form at your voting site or send the form back with your absentee ballot. (A blank Exception Form will arrive with your absentee packet.) Check the box for “Exception 3: Victim of a Natural Disaster.” Make sure to sign the form.

Go to your county board of elections office. If you are a registered voter, they can take your photo and print an acceptable ID on the spot. For details, go to Get a Free Voter Photo ID.

Get a free ID from an NCDMV office in your area. For details, see State IDs | NCDMV.

For details about North Carolina’s photo ID requirement, including a list of all acceptable IDs, go to BringItNC.gov.