[Durham INC] Early voting begins Thursday

[Pat Carstensen]

Please cascade this to neighborhood list-serves if you think it is useful.

Early Voting and Same Day Registration starts this week.  Beyond the US Senate race, there are NC legislative and judicial races, a sheriff race and the bond referendums.  Get your sample ballot by looking yourself up at https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ (you can carry in your list of choices on your phone).  I generally advocate looking yourself up once a year or so just to make sure your record is still accurate.

The full schedule of early voting is at https://www.dcovotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/37248/637937525065370000.  The polls are open from 8 AM to 7:30PM on weekdays and some hours on weekends, and there are 8 locations (Main, North, South and East Libraries, NCCU, ERUFF, Duke and the River Church).

The election folks are excited about "real-time mapping tool" that shows the wait time at each site (https://durhamnc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3ba5733d5de645debd6e6089e92c7f32) so you can see where to go for the least waiting time.  It is supposed to be updated every 30 minutes. In general, voting on Monday to Wednesday, at NCCU and later in the day are good times to avoid crowds.

If you are using curbside, there is a pole with a button on it that will ring a bell to let the election officials know you are waiting.

You obviously need ID if you are registering; pretty much anything "official" that connects your name to your current address (on paper on or your phone) will work.  Otherwise, few people will need to show ID  (the exception is a few cases when something didn't match up on registrations sent in -- another reason to look yourself up in the voter rolls since https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ should warn you if you need an ID.).

If you want to use Ballots by Mail, the information is at http://www.dcovotes.com/voters/voting/absentee-voting (this has been available for the last month).  To return the ballot, either mail it or make sure it is being carried in by you or a "near relative" (there is an official list of what counts as "near").  You can track your ballot at: https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/

COVID update: It is still recommended to wear a mask, given the high number of people voting and average age of voters.  They are no longer doing one-use pens but wiping the ones being re-used frequently (I'm still going to hunt down my pen from the spring and use it).

Regards, pat




Regards, pat



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