Press Release, from the North Carolina State Board of Elections: Bulk Voter Registration Mailings Cause Voter Confusion, Additional Work for Counties

2026 General Election

View Sample Ballots for the Upcoming 2026 General Election TBD

 View a Detailed Candidate List for the Upcoming 2026 General Election

View Referendum Choices List for the Upcoming 2026 General Election

Important Dates for the Upcoming General Election:
  • Start of Absentee-by-Mail Voting: September 4, 2026
  • Campaign Signs: may be placed beginning September 15, 2026, which is 30 days prior to Early Voting (G.S. 136-32)
  • Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2026
  • Early Voting: TBD
  • Election Day: November 3, 2026
  • Canvass: November 13, 2026
  • Campaign Signs: signs must be taken down by November 13, 2026, which is 10 days after Election Day (G.S. 136-32)

 

 

ELECTION MEETINGS SCHEDULE

The Board of Elections meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. (unless otherwise posted). Meetings are held in the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting room located at 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo, NC (unless otherwise posted).

You may email the Board Chair or the Director of Dare County Board of Elections with questions regarding monthly Board meetings.

Dare County Board of Elections meetings are livestreamed on Dare County's YouTube Channel at YouTube.Com/DareCounty.

 

Dare County Board of Elections - Logic & Accuracy Testing

Logic & Accuracy Testing

                                  LOGIC & ACCURACY TESTING (L&A TESTING)         

Before every election, county boards complete L&A testing to ensure proper coding of ballots and tabulation of votes for every contest.

The purpose of Logic and Accuracy Testing (L&A) is to prove the programming of the ballot, and to test each precinct, machine type, each ballot style, and each contest on the ballot. 

In an L&A test, ballots of each style are coded for a mock election and run through the tabulator. The tests check the voting system’s ability to read each ballot style and the accuracy of the tabulator when counting votes.

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