2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE
OCTOBER 17 - 19 | 9:00 AM UNTIL 5:00 PM |
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20 | 1:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM |
OCTOBER 21 – 26 | 9:00 AM UNTIL 5:00 PM |
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 | 1:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM |
OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 1 | 9:00 AM UNTIL 5:00 PM |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | 8:00 AM UNTIL 3:00 PM |
EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
- WATAUGA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Commissioners’ Board Room
814 W. King Street, Boone - BLOWING ROCK AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING
333 Wallingford Street, Blowing Rock - DEEP GAP FIRE DEPARTMENT
6583 Old 421 S, Deep Gap - MEAT CAMP FIRE DEPARTMENT
4797 NC Hwy 194 N, Boone - PLEMMONS STUDENT UNION (ASU CAMPUS)
Blue Ridge Ballroom
263 Locust Street, Boone
(Parking lot at 644 Howard Street) - WESTERN WATAUGA COMMUNITY CENTER
1081 Old US Hwy 421, Sugar Grove
** Photo ID is required. If you are registered to vote in Watauga County, you may vote at ANY early voting site you choose. Same Day Registration is available at every early voting site, but you must provide proof of residence in Watauga County.
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.
Call (828) 265-8061 if you have any questions.
Absentee ballots will be mailed to voters who have requested them beginning September 6, 2024. A voter can fill out an absentee ballot request at votebymail.ncsbe.gov, or by filling out a request form provided by the board of elections. The request must be received through the website or by the Watauga County Board of Elections by 5 p.m. October 29, 2024.
In the general election, voters will select candidates for U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, N.C. Governor, N.C. General Assembly, state and local judges, district attorney, and county offices.
The voter registration deadline for this election is 5 p.m. Friday, October 11, 2024. Eligible individuals who are not registered by that deadline may register and vote at any early voting site during the early voting period. New registrants will be required to provide documentation of their residence.
Questions? Call the Watauga County Board of Elections Office at (828)265-8061 or send an email to matthew.snyder@watgov.org.
Michael Behrent, Chairman
Watauga County Board of Elections
Raleigh, N.C. — The online Judicial Voter Guide: 2024 General Election is now available on the State Board of Elections’ website.
The digital guide contains information about 2024 candidates for North Carolina’s appellate courts – the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. The general election is November 5, 2024. Candidates for appellate offices are elected statewide. Candidates for other judicial offices are not elected statewide and are not included in this guide
Voters will now be asked to present a valid photo identification when voting in person. If you do not have a valid photo ID card, you may obtain one from your county board of elections prior to the election, through the end of the early voting period.
If you do not have a valid photo ID card on Election Day, you may still vote and have your vote counted by signing an affidavit of reasonable impediment (or “Photo ID Exception Form”) as to why you have not presented a valid photo ID. The Exception Form can also be used if you have a religious objection to being photographed or are a victim of a recently declared natural disaster.
As an alternative, if you don’t have your ID when you vote, you can still vote and then bring your valid photo ID to your county board of elections by 5 p.m. on the ninth day after Election Day (or the sixth day after Election Day for September or October local elections).
If you vote by mail, then you must include a photocopy of a valid photo ID when returning your ballot. You may also complete the Absentee Photo ID Exception Form that is provided with your absentee ballot materials.
A list of all types of ID that can be used for voting is available on the State Board of Elections Voter ID webpage, https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter-id .
Want to learn more about voting with a photo ID? This video explains it all: https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter-id#required
10 Facts About NC's Photo ID Requirement for Voting
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REGISTER TO VOTE
For information on different ways to register to vote click HERE. Your voter registration is linked to your residential address. You can now update your address electronically if you have a North Carolina driver's license or identification card. Click HERE to update your address. If you haven't registered to vote, you can use the same link to register.
Not sure what address you are registered at? Click HERE to find out.
Watauga County Board of Elections
PO Box 528
Boone, NC 28607
Watauga County Board of Elections
842 W. King St, Suite 6
Boone, NC 28607
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fax: 828-265-8068
Email: Matthew.Snyder@watgov.org
Michael Behrent - Chair
Matt Walpole - Secretary
Leta Councill - Member
Eric Eller - Member
Elaine Rothenberg - Member