NC Voters STILL Missing Registration Information. If you are one, please complete yours ASAP!
Check your voting status with the NC Board of Elections Registration Repair Search Tool.
There are now some 70,000 voters who are on this list. The names are there because these are missing ID information. If your name is on this list, your voting status will be labeled “Inactive”.
What can you do?
Get this fixed before voting.
There are two ways that you can do that.
If you have a driver’s license, turn in a new voter registration form through the NC DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) online. This is free. It is also easy to do.
Complete a new voter registration form and submit it by mail or in person to your local Board of Elections. See their websites below.
What if you don’t get it fixed before the 2025 elections?
You may still vote but your ballot will be put in a separate envelope. You will also need to provide a photo ID and additional information while you are there. The information must be verified by 5:00 PM on Friday (three days) following the election in order for your ballot to be counted.
There is more information from the NC Board of Elections on this topic here.
Reach out to your local Board of Elections office below for further guidance.
These changes from the NC Board of Elections are explained in this media release from July 17. The full release is here.
If you want to reach out to your elected leaders to let them know your thoughts, HIT THE RED BUTTON BELOW.
The SAVE Act. Why It Is Important.
The stated purpose of the bill is to prohibit noncitizens from voting. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote. The SAVE Act requires more specific documents to vote—beyond the current voter ID. A birth certificate with the voter’s current name on it, a passport (costs over $150) or naturalization papers will be acceptable. The documents need to be shown in person to register to vote or to update a change in address for voting.
It is possible to use a Real ID only in Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington. Those Real IDs have verified whether a person is a U.S. citizen and are called enhanced driver’s licenses.
These new requirement affects millions of married women who have traditionally changed their names to their husband’s after marriage. Their birth certificates no longer show their current name. This bill burdens the military voters, tribal voters, rural voters and any survivors of natural disasters should their documents have been lost. This bill also removes online voting registration and online registration updates. LWVNC Alerts
The NC General Assembly and These Proposed Bills
NC House Bill 127 as described in this WRAL story. “NC lawmakers delay vote on criminalizing voter registration drives. Republican state House leaders Monday evening (June 2) delayed a hearing on a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to hold voter registration drives in North Carolina. The move came as opponents organized a protest and as election law experts questioned whether it would conflict with federal law.” From WRAL. Posted 6:49 p.m. Jun 2 - Updated 7:46 p.m. Jun 2
NC House Bill 127 would prevent groups or organizations from helping citizens register to vote, working with high schools to register or pre-register young voters, making sure that college students are registered at their correct address and assisting formerly incarcerated voters.
NC House Bill 66 seeks to cut early voting days from 17 to 6. LWVNC President Jennifer Rubin speaks out on what impact this will have.
NC House Bill 31 would make election day a state holiday in NC.