Image of the Dare County Administration Building: the location of the Dare County Board of Elections.

2024 ELECTION DATES:

November 5, 2024: Statewide General Election Day

October 17, 2024 to November 2, 2024: Early Voting period for the statewide General Election

Click here to view the UOCAVA 2024 General Election Notice.

Current Election Status: Photo ID Required
Click here to learn more about the photo identification requirement.

Absentee ballots to voters who have requested ballots by mail, including those who use the Visually Impaired Portal (VIP) will begin to be mailed out on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, under a new schedule released by the NC State Board of Elections..

Absentee ballots to eligible military and overseas citizens who requested them for the 2024 general election will go out on Friday, September 20, 2024, under a new schedule released by the NC State Board of Elections.

 

 

ELECTIONS CALENDAR

Meetings may be livestreamed through the Dare County YouTube Channel on any device.

NonPartisan Municipal Elections Filing Closes

Candidates seeking election to non-partisan municipal offices may file a Notice of Candidacy at the office of the Dare County Board of Elections.  Any qualified voter, who is at least 21 years of age, may be elected to a public office.  For a municipal office, the candidate must also be a registered voter in the municipality or municipal district.  The Dare County Board of Elections will conduct the non-partisan municipal elections on Tuesday - November 7, 2017.

The filing period begins at 12:00 noon on Friday - July 7, 2017.  The filing period will close at 12:00 noon on Friday - July 21, 2017.  To be accepted, all Notices of Candidacy, together with the proper filing fee, must be in the possession of the Dare County Board of Elections by 12:00 noon on Friday - July 21, 2017.

Municipal candidates will be elected as follows:

DUCK 
• 1 Mayor (two-year term)
• 4 Councilmen (two-year term)

KILL DEVIL HILLS 
• 1 Mayor (two-year term)
• 2 Commissioners (four-year term)

KITTY HAWK 
• 1 Mayor (four-year term)
• 2 Councilmen (four-year term)

MANTEO
• 1 Mayor (two-year term)
• 3 Commissioners (four-year term)

NAGS HEAD
• 1 Mayor (four-year term)
• 2 Commissioners (four-year term)

SOUTHERN SHORES
• 1 Mayor (four-year term)
• 1 Councilmen (four-year term)

Registration books close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday - October 13, 2017, for the 2017 nonpartisan municipal elections.  The Elections Office is open Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.).  If you have any questions concerning filing or voter registration, please call the Elections Office at 252-475-5630.

Dare County Board of Elections
Donna W. Elms – Chair
Carole Warnecki – Secretary        
Lynda F. Midgett - Member

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