The absentee meeting scheduled for September 28th, 2021 for the Beaufort County Board of Elections has been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting will be on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 at 5:00 pm at the Board of Elections Office at 1308 Highland Drive, Suite 104, Washington, NC 27889.
Sample Ballots for the November 2nd, 2021 Municipal Election are now available and can be downloaded from the following link:
The Candidate List for the November 2nd, 2021 Municipal Elections for Aurora, Bath, Belhaven, Chocowinity, Pantego, Washington Park and the City of Washington can be downloaded at the link below
The regular meeting scheduled for August 3rd, 2021 for the Beaufort County Board of Elections has been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting will be on Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 at 5:00 pm at the Board of Elections Office at 1308 Highland Drive, Suite 104, Washington, NC 27889.
Five members of the Beaufort County Board of Elections were sworn in on July 20th, 2021. Four of the five members of election boards in all 100 counties were appointed the state board in early February — two Democrats and two Republicans. The chairman of each county’s Board of Elections was appointed by the Governor.
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act or “UOCAVA” requires states to allow certain voters who are absent from their county of residence to have special rights that provide an expedited means for them to register and vote by mail-in absentee ballot. In order to qualify under the provisions of UOCAVA in this state, a voter must be a legal resident of North Carolina.
At the emergency meeting held at 5:00 pm on Friday, July 16th, the Beaufort County Board of Elections approved the extension of the filing period for the Aurora Commissioners Contest.
The Beaufort County Board of Elections will have an emergency meeting at 5 pm today, July 16th, 2021 at the Beaufort County Board of Elections at 1308 Highland Drive, Suite 104, Washington, NC, 27889. GS 163-294.4 allows that if in a nonpartisan municipal election, when the filing period expires, candidates have not filed for all offices to be filled, the board of elections may extend the filing period for five days.
2021 CANDIDATE FILING DATES
Towns of Aurora, Bath, Chocowinity, Pantego, Washington Park and the City of Washington
The Beaufort County Board of Elections will a conduct a simulated election test of Election Systems and Software’s voting equipment system as required by N.C.G.S. 163-165.9(b)(3). The simulated election test will begin at 12:30 pm on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 at the Board of Elections Office. Simulated Elections can take between 2 to 4 hours to complete. The simulated election is open to the public and we welcome the public to observe the process.
