How to Register and Vote

Staff Reports

If you didn’t register to vote by October 8 of this year, you can still register and vote at the same time. The process is simple: visit the Board of Elections at its new location at 35 Woodfin Street (the old County Health Department building), and register and vote at the same time.

To find out the location of your precinct, and where you can register and vote, call (828) 250-4200 during business hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. You can also visit the Buncombe County Board of Elections website (www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Election) to get additional details, including your polling place location.

If you need a ride to a polling place, call the Buncombe County Democratic Party at (828) 274-4482.

If you are registered, there are three ways to vote early!

One Stop Voting
Begins October 14 at Buncombe County Training Center, 199 College
St., downtown. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Saturday, October
16. One Stop Voting Remote Sites will be open October 18-30 from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.  All sites open October 30, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (828)
250-4200 for more details.

Written Request
Send a written request to: Mary Harrill, Board of Elections, PO Box
7468, Asheville, NC 28802. Be sure to include your name, address, phone
number, date of birth, and the address where the ballot should be mailed
if different from your residential address. The written request must be
signed by the voter in order to receive a ballot.

Absentee Request Form
Do you need to help a near relative get a ballot who is away at college
or is housebound or unable to travel? Send an email to:
[email protected]. You can request an absentee
ballot if you are the voter’s spouse, brother, sister, parent,
grandparent, child, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, or verifiable legal
guardian.

Note: No one with Power of Attorney is allowed to request an absentee
ballot for a voter unless he or she is the voter’s near relative or
verifiable legal guardian.

Curbside Voting
For those who have mobility difficulties, you can vote using Curbside
Voting from your vehicle or outside the voting place. When you arrive at
your polling place, look for the curbside parking space to activate the
bell, or have someone go inside to tell a poll worker that you need
curbside voting.