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.

Logic & Accuracy Testing

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Logic and Accuracy testing is performed prior to each election to ensure proper coding of ballots and tabulation of votes for every contest.  

The purpose of Logic and Accuracy Testing (L&A) is to prove the programming of the ballot, and to test each precinct, machine type, each ballot style, and each contest on the ballot. 

In an L&A test, ballots of each style are coded for a mock election and run through the tabulator. The tests check the voting system’s ability to read each ballot style and the accuracy of the tabulator when counting votes.

Across the state, bipartisan teams work together to prepare the machines and ballots and conduct the tests.

After testing, county boards reset the equipment to ensure no L&A test information remains on the system heading into the elections. Voting machines are then sealed and stored in safe/locked locations to prevent any tampering.

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