Absentee voting begins Friday for the 2024 General Election

Absentee ballots will be sent on Friday to military voters and citizens living outside the United States who requested them, marking the official start of the 2024 general election in North Carolina.

Following a court decision two weeks ago requiring 2.9 million prepared ballots to be reprinted, the 100 county boards of elections, with the help of State Board staff and printing vendors, succeeded in printing new ballots ahead of the Sept. 21 federal deadline to send ballots to voters through the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).

Meanwhile, State Board staff worked to ensure all 2,347 ballot styles across the state will be available through the North Carolina Absentee Ballot Portal. A ballot style refers to a unique combination of contests on a ballot based on voters’ addresses and which contests they are eligible to vote in. Through the secure portal, any registered voter in North Carolina can request an absentee ballot. Military and overseas citizen voters can also receive and return their ballot electronically through the portal.

On Sept. 24, county boards of elections will begin mailing absentee ballots to all other voters who requested them for the Nov. 5 election. Ballots will be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, and voters may not get them until several days after they are mailed.




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