It's Time to Make Your Voice Heard - Time to Vote!
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Election Day is November 6th. But there’s another deadline you need to double check: October 12th is the last day for general voter registration. Are you registered? How about your friends and family members 18 years or older? Have you moved since the last election? Now’s the time to double check and make sure your vote counts.
In 2008, only 55% of people with disabilities voted in North Carolina, compared to 69% of people without disabilities. That means there was a 14% voting gap between voters with disabilities and voters without. Your biggest tool to affect positive change for the disability community is your vote. Make sure it counts!
Not sure if you can vote? Not sure if you’re registered? Not sure if you’re allowed to help someone at the polling station? Below you'll find information and resources you can use.
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Disability Rights North Carolina has put together any number of tools you can use. Click here for a 2-page brochure that explains how to register, different ways to vote, and what to expect when you get there. Taking someone to the polls and want to support them while you’re there? Click here for information family, friends and poll workers can use.
Remember, you may register to vote if:
- You are a citizen of NC
- You have lived in the county/precinct where you want to vote for at least 30 days
- You will be 18 years or older on November 6, 2012
- You have not been convicted of a felony. (If you have been convicted, you’re eligible to vote as soon as you’ve completed all the terms of your sentence.
- You have not had the right to vote specifically taken away in any proceeding
- Most people with guardians keep the right to vote.
Even if someone challenges your right to vote, the law says the poll worker must allow you to vote on a provisional ballot. Don’t leave without casting your vote!
Click here to go to the NC Board of Elections website for more information on general voter registration, to double check your registration, and more.
