Unless you are a hermit you know that we will have an election on Tuesday, Nov. 6. There are disagreements and court fights about what will be on your ballot – six amendments to the North Carolina Constitution and the party designation or absence of it for some candidates.
All of that is out of the purview of the Gazette; this continuing article will only address what voters in this area need to know or do.
The first is a question: Are you registered to vote? Even if you have been voting for years it is wise to check every so often to make sure you are still on the voting rolls and correctly registered.
To register to vote for the first time or to check your registration, the easiest way is to go to www.wakegov.com, select Departments & Divisions and then choose Board of Elections. There is a button on the first page to get to the correct form to register and another to check your registration along with an election timeline and other information. Once you send the completed registration form to the Wake County Board of Election by either email, regular mail or fax you will receive a voter registration card in a couple weeks.
Keep in mind that the cut-off date to register for this year’s election is Friday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.
Voter registration forms are also available at any Wake County Public Library, any town hall and the Board of Elections office at 337 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh.
The ballots for this year’s election should be available at the elections website about Sept. 6, a date that may be pushed back given the current litigation.
This year we will be voting for a long list of national, state and local officials:
* U.S. representatives in Congress
*N.C. state senators
*N.C. state representatives
*Wake County district attorney
*N.C. Supreme Court seats
*N.C. Court of Appeals seats
*N.C. District Court seats
*Wake County commissioners
*Wake Clerk of Superior Court
*Wake County sheriff
*Wake County Board of Education seats
*Wake County Soil and Water commissioners
You can see all the candidates for all the seats at the Wake County Board of Elections website.
One Response
Will you be asking candidates to answer questions you pose, and then publish their responses?
This would give voters another source of information.
Thanks.