11/02/2026
Tuesday 11/3 is Election Day, and many important offices and issues are on your ballot. These include multiple city elections that will directly impact the work of the MCAC: we have elections for mayor, city council seats, state constitution amendments that impact voting rights and local government powers, and local bond issues for education and transportation. If you haven’t already, please make a plan to vote tomorrow and check-in with your neighbors to make sure they also have a plan. Kudos to everyone who has voted so far during early voting or by absentee ballot. As of this morning, the Wake County BoE was reporting a combined turnout of 43% for our neighborhood’s precincts. Let’s keep going…everyone’s voice matters.
The polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm. Our community straddles Precinct 01-13 (Saint Matthew AME Church, 1629 Bennett St) and Precinct 01-14 (Open Table United Methodist Church, 824 N Bloodworth St). You can use the State Election Board’s Voter Lookup tool, linked in comments, to find your assigned polling place and sample ballot. Although you’ll see signs prohibiting use of phones for communication, you are permitted to use your phone for candidate and ballot issue research while voting. Each precinct polling place also has a Help Table to ensure that all registered voters get to the right precinct with the right ballot.
If you are facing challenges getting to your polling place, there are multiple community organizations offering free rides (e.g., VoteRun, Rideshare2Vote). Curbside voting is also available at every precinct to accommodate voters with accessibility/mobility limitations. Please don’t hesitate to ask!
Finally, all absentee ballots need to be dropped off in person by 7:30pm on Election Day to the Wake County Board of Elections Office (1200 N New Hope Road). It’s too late to mail your ballot back because North Carolina uses receipt date, not postmark date, as the cutoff. Absentee ballots cannot be accepted by your local polling place, and there are only a few exceptions when someone else is allowed to drop off your ballot for you at the BoE. Please keep an eye on your absentee ballot’s status over the coming days using BallotTrax in case you need to fix any errors before your vote can be counted.
