UPDATED Aug. 10 – 12:30 p.m.
Registered voters who do not have an acceptable identification for voting in NC can now go to their county board of elections office to get a free photo ID.
Vance County Board of Elections Director Melody Vaughan said Wednesday afternoon that her office is ready to help voters who find they need one of the cards. There is an application that voters must complete before they will be issued an ID, Vaughan stated.
“We can provide this service Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.,” Vaughan said in an email to WIZS News, with the exception of Friday, Aug. 11 and Aug. 14 and Aug. 15. Staff will be attending a conference out of town and no ID cards will be processed on those days.
Most voters have a driver’s license, which is an acceptable form of photo ID to present to poll workers in order to cast their votes.
If you have a driver’s license – or other acceptable form of photo ID – you don’t need to get one from the board of elections office.
If however, you need a photo ID, you can come to your county’s board of elections office during business hours to request one. In most cases, the cards can be printed and issued right then and there, according to information from the North Carolina State Board of Elections office. Some counties, however, may need to mail the cards or let voters know when the card is available for pickup.
Find a list of acceptable forms of photo ID here: https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter-id
A voter need only provide his or her name, date of birth and last four digits of their Social Security number to get the ID. With that information, they’ll have a photograph taken and the process is complete.
In addition to the photo, the card will have the voter’s name and registration number. It will expire 10 years from the date of issuance.
County boards of elections can issue cards during regular business hours, except for the period following the last day of early voting through Election Day.
