VOTER INFORMATION

Highlights

Please find a brief video here explaining how to register to vote in North Carolina.

Check your Voter Registration

Navigating your Voter Profile (click here first to learn all the information provided in your record)

Click here to update your registration electronically.

Download a voter registration ​form

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Using your campus address to register ​in Mecklenburg County

Remove your name from the registration rolls

​Notifica​​​tion of Deceased Voter Form.

M​aintaining Accurate Voter Registration Files   

Mecklenburg County Voter Registration Statistics 

Details

In order to register you must be:

• a U.S. citizen; and
  
• a resident of North Carolina and Mecklenburg County for 30 days; and
  
• at least 18 years old.
• An individual may pre-register up to two years before their 18^th birthday.
• An individual who is 17 years old may vote in any primary associated with a general election that will occur after that individual turns 18.
  
  

You must not be:

• Serving a sentence for a felony conviction (including probation or parole).
  If a prospective voter has been convicted of a felony, his/her citizenship rights must be restored.
  More information on voting rights for those in the North Carolina criminal justice system.
  
  

Download the Registration Application - send the signed, completed form to our office:

Mecklenburg County Board of Elections
PO Box 31788
Charlotte, NC 28231
fax: 704-343-0537 *
voterregistration@mecklenburgcountync.gov *

* change of name and address only. New registrations must be mailed or hand delivered. 

You can register or update your registration electronically if you have a North Carolina Driver's license or an Identifcation Card from the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicle.  Click here to update register or update electronically.

Requirements for removal from the voter registration rolls:

To remove your name from the Mecklenburg County voter registration rolls:

Please download and complete the Cancellation of Voter Registration Form.

To remove a near relative's name due to death:

 Please download and complete the ​Notifica​​​tion of Deceased Voter Form.