Tomorrow, October 10, 2008 is the last day to register to vote in North Carolina. Registration forms that are received by the county board of elections OR are postmarked by the deadline are accepted. After registering, voters will be notified by the county board of elections of their precinct and polling places. IF you have not completed your registration in this conventional manner, you can still vote if you use the One-Stop Absentee voting process, just (1) go to a One-Stop Voting site in your home county, (2) fill out a voter registration application, and (3) provide proof of residency by showing the elections official an appropriate form of identification with your name and address. THIS WILL ONLY WORK FOR EARLY VOTING, NOT ON ELECTION DAY. Early voting starts on October 16th and ends on November 1st. We have 15 early voting sites in Wake County, making it very convenient and easy to vote early. For a list of the sites, you can go to the North Carolina State Board of Elections website.
As you vote, please remember that pulling a straight-party ticket will not place a vote for president or for the non-partisan races like the judicial races. Voting is a three-step process: President, partisan races, judicial races. Make your full vote count.