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North Carolina elections, 2013
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Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee Voting
Eligibility
All voters are eligible to vote absentee in North Carolina. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.
Deadlines
To vote absentee, an absentee ballot application must be received by the election office at least 7 days prior to the election. The voted ballot must then be received by the elections office by 5pm on the day before the election.
Military and overseas voting
For full details, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program here.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
North Carolina is one of 33 states that has early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins on the 3rd Thursday prior to election day and ends on the Saturday prior to the election (19-3 days prior). The average number of days prior to an election that voters can cast an early ballot is 21 days in states with a definitive starting date.
Elections Performance Index
North Carolina ranked 19th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2010 elections. The EPI examines election administration performance assigning an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. The indicators were chosen within the framework of determining the convenience and integrity of each of the three administrative phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. North Carolina received an overall score of 67%.[1]
