Register To Vote

To be eligible to vote in North Carolina, you must:

• Be a citizen of the United States
• Be 18 years old by the date of a general election
• Be a legal resident of Buncombe County and North Carolina for 30 days by the date of the next election
• Have had citizenship rights restored, if ever convicted of a felony. (Note that citizenship rights are automatically restored in North Carolina after all parts of a sentence are finished, including any probation, or parole. You do not need a special document saying your rights are restored. You just register to vote like any other citizen. If you were registered before your felony conviction, you have to register again because your old registration was revoked.)

To request a paper copy of the voter registration application, or to change your party affiliation, your address, or your legal name, contact:

Buncombe County Board of Elections 35 Woodfin Street Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828-250-4200 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Election/

You may also download a voter registration form here. After completion please mail your Voter Registration form to your local county board of elections office at the address above.

Not sure if you're registered?

Click here (mobile-friendly) or here to check to see if you are registered in Buncombe County.

Registration forms are also available by mail or at any library in the Asheville/Buncombe Library System and all of the following agencies:

Social Services (Work First, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Services for the Blind); Department of Health (Women, Infants and Children/WIC); Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services; Vocational Rehab; Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities; Employment Security Commission; Department of Motor Vehicles (when conducting official business)

Other resources:
NC VOTER GUIDE provided by NC Center for Voter Education
Buncombe County Voter Guide co-sponsored by League of Women Voters
BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Buncombe County Voter Information Lookup Tool (mobile friendly)
To check your voter registration status, view your sample ballot, find your polling location, or review your new district information visit the North Carolina Board of Elections website.

The League's Vote411 system offers you everything you need to know about voting in Buncombe County, and so much more!










Just go to VOTE411.org to:
-Find out more information about the candidates on your ballot!
-Find out which districts you're in and where to go to vote!
-Request an absentee ballot....and so much more!

VOTE411 is your one-stop shop to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, find your polling place, find out which districts you are in, learn about the candidates on your ballot, and much more!

Beginning in October, we'll have a detailed online voter guide for local candidates available through the Vote411 system.

Download our Buncombe County Voter Guide here (pdf) or visit votebuncombe.org.