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Voter information

How to register, how to check what is already on file, and which official office answers for it, in every state and the District of Columbia.

How to register in North Carolina

The channels this state runs, the cutoff rule for each one, and the official page that does it.

Three ways to register

Each cutoff below is North Carolina's own rule, counted back from Election Day - not a date. The date it lands on depends on the election, so confirm it for yours on North Carolina's registration page.

Online25 days before Election DayRegister for the first time, or update your name or address, on North Carolina's official system.Register on North Carolina's site
By mailMust be postmarked 25 days before Election DayPrint North Carolina's registration form, sign it, and mail it to your election office.Get North Carolina's form
In personSame day registration available during early voting periodRegister at your state or local election office, the motor vehicles office, or many public assistance offices.Where to go

Same-day registration: registration reopens in person during the early-voting period.

Check or update your registration

Already registered? Check your name, address and any recorded party affiliation before the deadline.

Check your North Carolina registration

Official resources

Sourced from the offices that run the election. Deadlines for a specific election, sample ballots, and polling places all live with them.

Registration channels, cutoff rules, and official links on this page are read from vote.gov's North Carolina page, last updated November 18, 2024. Cutoffs are stated as North Carolina's rule relative to Election Day; for the calendar date in a particular election, and for anything a rule change may have moved since that stamp, the North Carolina election office is authoritative.