APRIL 2026 Voter Services Updates & Requests

Community Voter Services Outreach Events
Our members are showing up and helping to educate members of our community at multiple events in the months leading up to midterm elections. One such recent event was the NC Rice Festival, which took place on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow, NC. As a non-partisan organization, our Voter Services efforts are focused on answering questions, sharing Vote411 (our nationwide digital voter guide), and directing people to resources to assist them in registering and obtaining identification that will be necessary at the polls.

Voter Services Coming Table Events--

  • April 26, Sunday, Strawberry & Wine Festival, 12 pm to 5 pm, 206 Sunset Blvd. N, Sunset Beach
  • Belville founders Day, Saturday, May 2, 10 am-3 pm, Belville Riverwalk Park
  • Southport Arts Festival, May 22 and 23
Save some dates this fall for your Voter Services Team!  Your Voter Services group of members are calling upon you to help out in any of our event locations by contacting the following people, whose emails are linked from their names:If you’re looking for an easy way to get involved, Voter Services needs you! This is the season for getting out into the community in gorgeous weather and helping people to make a voting plan that could impact the midterm elections! Contact Jana to get on the volunteer list.

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Sue-Ann Rush, Diane Wiesenthal, and Cathleen Barber at the NC Rice Festival on March 7, 2026.

Absentee Ballots

In North Carolina, you do not need an excuse to vote absentee.  Absentee balloting is open to anyone who wants to vote by mail in our state.  You merely need to go to the State Board of Elections website https://www.ncsbe.gov/index.html and print out an application to request a ballot be mailed to you.  You can call your county Board of Elections and they will mail one to you too.  Each voter needs to print out a blank application form, fill it out and send it back to the Board of Elections or return to the drop box in front of each county Board of Elections office.  When the Fall election gets closer, you will receive the ballot in the mail.  
 Voting the Absentee By-Mail BallotThe voter is required to mark the ballot in the presence of two witnesses who are at least 18 years of age, or they may use one witness if the person is a notary public. The voter's witnesses do not need to see how they vote; instead, they are witnessing that the voter is voting of their own accord. 
Completing the Absentee Container-Return EnvelopeTo submit a ballot successfully, the voter must complete all required sections on the absentee container-return envelope. The voter must ensure that they have signed the "Voter's Certification" section and that the voter's two witnesses, or a notary public, have completed all required elements in the "Witness" section on the container-return envelope. 
The following persons may not be an absentee witness:
  • For all voters: 
    • A person who is a candidate for nomination or election to any federal, state, or local elective office in the primary or election in which you are voting absentee (unless the candidate is your near relative or legal guardian.) (G.S. § 163A-1317(c))
  • For voters who are patients or residents of a hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home and are not disabled: 
    • An owner, manager, director, or employee, of a hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home in which you are a patient or resident. (G.S. § 163A-1298(a)(4))
    • A person who holds any federal, state, or local elective office. (G.S. § 163A-1298(a)(4))
    • A person who holds office in a state, congressional district, county, or precinct political party or organization, or who is a campaign manager or treasurer for any candidate or political party. (G.S. § 163A-1298(a)(4)).
  • For any voter who is disabled, including those who are patients or residents of a hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home: 
    • A disabled absentee voter may receive assistance from any person they choose, including a MAT team, staff of the hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home where they are a patient or resident, an elected official, political party office holder, or candidate.
If the voter, due to a disability, requires assistance in marking the ballot or needs assistance in mailing the ballot, the person providing this assistance must complete the Voter Assistant Certification also found on the container-return envelope. This portion of the container-return envelope differs from the "Witness" portion of the envelope and is only required in situations where the voter receives assistance completing or mailing the ballot
Always remember to carefully sign your ballot so it can be counted in the vote tally.  Mail your ballot early so it has time to be received.  Some ballots are not properly signed and the Board of Elections cannot process them without a proper signature.All ballots must be in the possession of the county board of elections by 7:30 pm on Election Day. The deadline for returning all civilian absentee by-mail ballots is the same regardless of delivery method (by mail or in-person drop-off).
A civilian ballot is late if it is received after the absentee ballot receipt deadline

Voting in 2026

Important dates and information will be added as we move into the midterm election season 2026.

Vote 411

Vote 411 allows you to generate a sample ballot with all your nonpartisan candidate information. All candidates are invited to participate by answering questions and uploading campaign statements and videos.  Click here for Vote411 information,

Candidate Forums

Click here to view recordings of the Brunswick County 2025 Candidate forums.  More information is forthcoming about candidate forums in 2026.

Registration Drives

If you are interested in having the league attend your event for a voter registration drive, send us an email.