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. Citizens covered by UOCAVA include:

2016 CANDIDATE FILING DATES

Filing Starts - Tuesday, December 1^st, 2015 at 12:00 Noon

Filing Ends – Monday, December 21^st, 2015 at 12:00 Noon

All filing fees must be made in the form of cash or personal check Filing Fees above $50 must be made in the form of a check and cannot be paid by a check from a business. Filing Fees can be seen by downloading the “2016 Filing Fees” file at the bottom of the page.

The Beaufort County Board of Elections regularly scheduled meeting for the month of December has been postponed to December 8^th at 5:00 pm at the Board of Elections Office at 1308 Highland Drive, Suite 104, Washington, NC, 27889.

Please call the Board of Elections at 252-946-2321 for further information.

Official Results for the November 3rd, 2015 Municipal Elections are now available.

For Beaufort county results, click HERE or open the PDF files under this article.

Polls close for Municipal Elections at 7:30 pm on November 3^rd, 2015. Results can be viewed on the following links after the close of polls.

For Beaufort County Results, click HERE

For Statewide Results, Click HERE

One stop voting and same day registration ended at 1:00 on Saturday, October 31, 2015.

Persons wishing to vote will need to do so on Tuesday, November 3^rd, 2015 at their normal voting place/precinct.  The Board of Elections Office is NOT a voting place on Election Day. Same day registration is not allowed on Election Day.

Find your Election Day Polling Place by clicking   HERE.

Tomorrow is the last day for Voters to take advantage of one stop voting and same day registration. The Beaufort County Board of Elections will be open from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 31^st, 2015.

At the Meeting held at 6:00 pm on Friday, October 30, 2015, the Beaufort County Board of Elections dismissed the complaint filed by Adam O’Neal against Belhaven Precinct Officials. The Board unanimously agreed that the complaint did not comply with 8 NCAC 3.0201 and did not cite any negative election action by the precinct officials and that social and political relationships do not directly lead to the conclusion that the persons accused would not perform their duty as required by their oath and training.

The Beaufort County Board of Elections will hold a public meeting on Friday, October 30^th, 2015 at 6:00 pm to consider the complaint filed by Candidate Adam O’Neal against Belhaven Precinct Officials Jimmie Southerland, Diana Lambeth, and Karen Fisher. For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Beaufort County Board of Elections Office, at Beaufort.boe@co.beaufort.nc.us or (252) 946-2321.

Tentative Agenda

Call to Order by Chairman Jay McRoy

2015 Campaign Finance Reports for Beaufort County Candidates are now being posted online. Reports are posted on a daily basis. Priority has been given to uploading reports for Candidates who are filing over the $1,000 threshold.  All reports should be available within 24 hours of being received.

To go directly to 2015's reports, click HERE.