Eligible voters in Wake County will have one final chance to cast a ballot for the 2024 General Election this Tuesday. Polling places will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Voters can look up a sample ballot and find their assigned polling place through the N.C. State Board of Elections voter search page.
“It was great to see so many voters in Wake County take advantage of the early voting period this year,” said Wake County Elections Director Olivia McCall. “We expect Election Day to be busy as well. Voters should make sure they have everything they need when they head to their polling place.”
Voters will be asked to show an acceptable form of photo identification when they present to vote. All voters will be allowed to vote, with or without ID. If a voter is not able to present an acceptable form of photo ID, the officials will offer the options of returning with their ID or proceeding to the help table. At the help table, the voter may opt to vote provisionally and present ID to the Board of Elections by 5 p.m. on Nov. 14 to have their vote counted. Alternatively, the voter may vote provisionally with a photo ID exception form, on which they can indicate a reasonable exception to presenting a photo ID.
Wake County voters who requested an absentee ballot must ensure their ballot is delivered to the Board of Elections Operations Center by 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5. The deadline to accept absentee ballots also applies to those delivered by mail. A postmark on or before Election Day does not establish timely receipt of a ballot delivered after the deadline. Please note that absentee ballots cannot be returned at an election day polling place.
All eligible voters in line by 7:30 p.m. will be allowed to vote. After all voters have left the polling place, officials will begin closing the polls. The first results available on the NCSBE Results Dashboard will be the approved absentee by mail votes. At 7:30 p.m., county boards will begin closing the in-person early voting polls. This process may be viewed by the public at the Board of Elections Operations Center. It may take an hour or more to tabulate early voting results from all 22 early voting sites, and those results will be posted once the process is completed.
After the early voting results are available, Election Day precinct results will be posted as they arrive. Depending on how many voters are in line at a particular polling place and its distance to the Board of Elections, it may take until 11 p.m. for all 212 precincts to report.
Visit ReadyToVote.com for more information about upcoming elections and voting.
About Wake County Board of Elections
The Wake County Board of Elections is responsible for conducting all elections held in the county. The board establishes election precincts and voting sites; appoints and trains precinct officials; prepares and distributes ballots and voting equipment; certifies ballots cast in elections and investigates any voting irregularities.
The Wake County Board of Elections also maintains voter registration and voting records for more than 850,000 voters. To learn more about Wake County Board of Elections, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Contact us at voter@wake.gov or 919-404-4040.
