Press release from Buncombe County:
The 2024 Primary Election is on Tuesday, March 5. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and stay open until 7:30 p.m. You must vote at the polling place in your assigned precinct. For help finding your voting location and sample ballot, go to buncombecounty.org/vote. Voters will be asked to present a valid photo ID. If you do not have a valid photo ID, you may still vote and have your vote counted by signing an ID exception form. Reminder: Early Voting runs through Saturday, March 2 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., at 11 locations across Buncombe County.
Buncombe County Election Services offers curbside voting for those who are unable to go inside the precinct due to age or disability. Just pull up to the curbside voting sign, and an election worker will come out and help you.
The deadline to return a completed absentee ballot is Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. Absentee ballots cannot be returned at polling precincts. Ballots that are hand delivered to the office at 59 Woodfin Place must be returned only by the voter or the voter’s near relative. Absentee ballots can also be mailed to P.O. Box 7468, Asheville, NC 28802. Ballots must be received by March 5.
As a result of recent changes in state law, in-person early voting results will be reported later than usual on election night for the 2024 primary. This, in turn, may cause Election Day results to be reported later as well. Previously, county boards of elections could tabulate early voting results before the close of polls, then report those results almost immediately at 7:30 p.m. on election night. Under changes made in Session Law 2023-140 (Section 29), county boards must wait until 7:30 p.m. to “close the polls” on early voting tabulators and begin the process of counting and reporting results of ballots cast during the early voting period. This process will take an estimated 30 to 60 minutes – and possibly longer in some counties – before unofficial early voting results can be posted publicly on the State Board of Elections’ Election Results Dashboard.
Media Availability
Buncombe County Elections Director Corinne Duncan will be available for the following in-person media opportunities.
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Monday, March 4 at 10:30 a.m., at Election Services, 59 Woodfin Place
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Tuesday, March 5 at 11:30 a.m., at Election Day Operations Center, Fire Station 13, 316 Broadway St.
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Tuesday, March 5 at 8:30 p.m., at Election Services, 59 Woodfin Place
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Tuesday, March 5 at 10 p.m., at Election Services Warehouse, 50 Coxe Ave.
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