As of Tuesday evening, 1,459 Yadkin County voters had cast their ballots at one-stop early voting at the Board of Elections office, located at 1300 Unifi Industrial Rd. Yadkinville. Early voting began on Feb. 15 and will continue this week through Friday, March 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Election day is Tuesday, March 5 with poll hours from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The major change for this election cycle in North Carolina is the new voter ID requirement. Assistant Board of Elections Director Brenna Dickerson said “everything has gone smoothly so far with the new ID requirement.”
“Voters have come prepared to show photo ID,” she said.
Another change this year will be to several precinct locations on election day. Those are as follows:
• Boonville: Boonville Baptist Church Family Life Center
• North Fall Creek: Fall Creek Fire Department
• North Liberty: Yadkin County Board of Elections Office
• South Liberty: Deep Creek Community Development and Improvement Assoc.
If you have a question about where your polling place is located, please call the Yadkin County Board of Elections at 336-849-7907.
In addition to state and national offices on the primary ballot, there are multiple candidates running for local seats on both the county board and school board.
For the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners there are three seats up for election. Incumbents Kevin Austin and David Moxley will be on the ballot, joined by Tim Parks, James Kent and Jay Martin.
The 2024 primary will serve as the election for Board of Education members who will take office ahead of the start of the 2024-25 school year. There are four seats up for election in the non-partisan school board race. School Board incumbent Sharon Yale is on the ballot as are Tommie Haynes Paul, Sharon Abercrombie, Sarah Gough Boles, Barry Cole, Cody Spicer, Kenny Gooden, and Douglas A. McCraw.
10 facts about NC’s new voter ID requirement
1. Voters will be asked to show photo ID when voting in North Carolina, starting with the 2023 municipal elections.
2. Most voters will simply show their NC driver’s license, but many other types of photo ID will be accepted. See the list of acceptable IDs at ncsbe.gov/voter-id.
3. Voters without ID can get a “No Fee ID Card” from the NCDMV. Soon, voters will also be able to get a free ID from their county board of elections.
4. The State Board is developing a process for approving student and public employee IDs for voting. Lists will be added to the Voter ID website as soon as IDs are approved.
5. When a voter checks in to vote at a polling place, they will be asked to show an acceptable photo ID. Election workers check to see if the picture on the ID reasonably resembles the voter. The address on the photo ID does not have to match the voter registration records.
6. All voters will be allowed to vote with or without a photo ID. If the voter does not show an acceptable ID, the voter may vote with an ID Exception Form and a provisional ballot, or vote with a provisional ballot and return to their county board of elections office with their photo ID by the day before county canvass. (The deadline is the second Thursday following Election Day.)
7. Permitted exceptions to the photo ID requirement include the following: The voter has a reasonable impediment to showing photo ID (lack of transportation, lost or stolen ID, disability or illness, family responsibilities, etc.); the voter has a religious objection to being photographed; or the voter was a victim of a natural disaster within 100 days of Election Day.
8. When a registered voter cannot produce a photo ID, the county board of elections must count that ballot if the voter properly completes the ID Exception Form or brings an acceptable ID to their county board of elections before the county canvass.
9. Voters who vote by mail will be asked to include a photocopy of an acceptable ID inside the photo ID envelope that comes with their ballot. If they are unable to include a photocopy of their ID, they may complete an ID Exception Form with the absentee ballot return envelope. Photo ID is not required for military or overseas voters who vote using special absentee voting procedures that federal law makes available for such voters.
10. For more information, see ncsbe.gov/voter-ID and “FAQ: Voter ID”. These web pages will be updated frequently with the latest information.
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