TO THE EDITOR:
Thousands of UNC students have registered to vote in Orange County in past years and may be voting today. Here is important information if you’ve moved and not reported your change of address:
1) If you have moved within your precinct, you can still vote, but you report your address change at the polls. If a move is within the same dorm, it is always within the same precinct. Moving to other dorms may be to another precinct.
2) If you have moved from your Orange County voter registration address more than 30 days ago to another address not in same precinct, you have four choices:
a. Go back to your old precinct, get a precinct transfer form and take it to either the new precinct or the Board of Elections Office in Hillsborough by 7:30 p.m. to vote on a regular ballot. You will be told where your new precinct is.
b. Go back to your old precinct, report your address change, and vote on a provisional ballot there.
c. Go to your new precinct, report your address change, (this involves knowing what precinct it is and where the polling place is) and vote on a provisional ballot
d. Go to any Orange County precinct, report your address change, (this involves knowing where a polling place is) and vote on a provisional ballot. This method, while allowed by law, is the most difficult for election officials to handle.
Provisional ballots are counted later in the week after it is determined that you were registered and have not voted twice.
