Residents who want to cast their vote for the 2020 election have until Friday, Oct. 9 to register.
To register, eligible individuals have the following options:
- Complete a North Carolina Voter Registration Application and return it to the Cumberland County Board of Elections office by 5 p.m. Oct. 9. If an application is received after the deadline, it will be timely if it is postmarked on or before Oct. 9. If the postmark is missing or unclear, the application will be processed if it is received in the mail no later than 20 days before the election. Otherwise, the application will not be processed until after the election. If submitted by fax or email, the application must be received by 5 p.m. Oct. 9, and a hard copy of the document delivered to the county board by 20 days before the election.
- Existing NC Division of Motor Vehicles’ customers may register to vote online.
Qualified voters must:
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Live in the county of his/her registration and have lived there for at least 30 days before the date of the election.
- Be at least 18 years old or will be by the date of the general election.
- Not be serving a sentence for a felony conviction, including probation, parole, or post-release supervision.
Individuals who miss Friday’s deadline may register and vote at the same time during the one-stop early voting period, October 15-31, at any early voting site in their county. County-by-county early voting sites and schedules are available at the State Board’s One-Stop Early Voting Site Search. (For early voting sites statewide, see this PDF.)
One-Stop Voting
Cumberland County residents who are qualified to vote and are registered 25 days prior to the election may vote during the One-Stop Voting period. The One-Stop Voting period begins Oct. 15 and ends Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. To find polling sites and hours, visit co.cumberland.nc.us/departments/election-group/elections/absentee-onestop/one-stop-voting.
Registered voters may update their address and change vital information in an existing registration record at the One-Stop site, but they are not allowed to change their party affiliation during the One-Stop Voting period that precedes a partisan primary.
Updating Your Registration
The voter registration application may be used to change any voting information, including name, address, and party affiliation. The change notification must be signed and should be sent to the Board of Elections office by Oct. 9.
Updates to name, address, and party affiliation must be signed, but can be provided by fax or email to the Board of Elections. DMV customers may update their voter registration residential or mailing address and party affiliation through the DMV service. This service does not currently allow voters to change their name.
Registered voters also may update an existing registration at a one-stop early voting site during the early voting period.