Durham, N.C. – Voters that prefer to cast their ballot by mail or are unable to make it to a voting location this year can request a ballot to be mailed to their location. These ballots, often requested by military and United States citizens overseas, are available for voters to request by Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Ballots must be returned to the Board of Elections by mail or delivered in person by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 7th. If the ballots are mailed, they must be postmarked by Tuesday, November 8th and received no later than Monday, November 14th.
Of the 6,284 absentee by mail requests made to date, Durham County Board of Elections has approved 1,662. According to Interim Board of Elections Director Kate Cosner, special statutory meetings are scheduled to complete the approval process of requests made. When asked how many of the approved ballots have been counted, she said “at last night’s meeting alone, 762 ballots have been fed into the tabulator to be counted on Election Day.”
To obtain an absentee ballot request form, voters can download the document by following step-by-step instructions online at dconc.gov/elect, visit the Durham County Board of Elections Office, located at 201 N. Roxboro Street, or call (919) 560-0700.
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