Early voting and same-day registration begin Oct. 16
| October 15, 2008 | |
| Early one-stop voting and same-day voter registration begins Oct. 16 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this time for the 2008 presidential, gubernatorial and senatorial general elections. The voting site is the Faculty Lounge on the second floor of the Morehead Building, at 250 E. Franklin St. Voters should enter through the west doors of the Morehead Building, facing McCorkle Place (the UNC Visitors’ Center entrance).
The schedule for early one-stop voting at Morehead follows:
Any voter registered in Orange County may vote early at an early one-stop site. In North Carolina, a resident who is qualified to vote but who misses the 25-day deadline for voter registration may also register and vote on the same day at an approved site during the One-Stop Absentee Voting period, but not on an election day. The other four early voting sites in Orange County are the Orange County Public Library and the Northern Human Services Center, both in Hillsborough; the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center in Chapel Hill; and Carrboro Town Hall. Hours for early voting at the Seymour Senior Center and Northern Human Services Center:
“Early one-stop voting is a convenience we are excited that we can offer to the broader Chapel Hill community as well as to our students, faculty and staff,” said Ronald Strauss, UNC-Chapel Hill executive associate provost. “We have worked with the Orange County Board of Elections and with our students to offer a site that we hope will encourage widespread voter turnout in what promises to be a very close presidential election in our state.” On the general election day, Nov. 4, voting will take place at precinct sites from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Regardless of where you vote, here is something to know. The ballot has three parts, and voters must vote separately for President, the state offices and the judges. Voting a straight party ticket (in part 2) doesn’t include the presidential candidate. |
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