A United States Supreme Court ruling means North Carolina voters won’t be able to register to vote and cast ballots on the same day, and voters won’t be able to vote out of their precincts.
“We do want to encourage anyone out there who has not registered to make sure that they register,” says Orange County’s Board of Elections Director Tracy Reams.
The deadline to register is Friday. Reams says registrations are considered “on time” if they are postmarked by Friday.
The Supreme Court halted the ruling of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. On October 1, the 4th Circuit Court reinstated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting. Before October 1 both were not allowed.
Reams says getting the word out regarding this change in election laws has been a top priority.
“How we’re going about getting this information out is through press releases and media such as yours,” Reams says.
She says word of mouth is one key way to share this information.
“When people come in here to register, we let them know Friday is the deadline, and ‘do you know of anybody else that needs to register, maybe family, friends, neighbors?’,” Reams says.
Early voting starts October 23, and November 4 is election day.
For more information, and to download a voter registration form, click here.
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