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.

 

Board of Elections Regular Monthly meeting & Sample Audit

 SAMPLE AUDIT

The sample hand-count audit is a test to ensure that voting equipment reads voters’ choices accurately. Bipartisan teams at every county board of elections conduct this audit after every election. The audit compares election results counted by voting equipment with hand counts of ballots from randomly selected voting sites.

This hand count is open to the public and completed before each county certifies its results. This requirement has been part of every North Carolina election — big or small — since 2006.

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