Buncombe County Board Of Elections Main

The Buncombe County Board of Elections is responsible for conducting local elections, operating and preparing voting sites, maintaining voter registration lists, and handling many other aspects of elections administration. The State Board works with county boards of elections offices to ensure elections are conducted lawfully and fairly.

Among other duties, the Buncombe County Board of Elections:

Makes and issues rules, regulations, and instructions necessary for the guidance of election officers and voters.
Appoints chief judges, judges, assistants, and other elections officials, and determine where they will serve. The county board also removes officials if the need arises.
Investigates irregularities, nonperformance of duties, and violations of laws by election officers and other persons, and report violations to the State Board.
Contracts for the printing of ballots and other supplies used in registration and elections; and provide for the delivery of ballots, pollbooks, and other required papers and materials to voting places.
Buys and maintains voting booths, ballot boxes, registration and pollbooks, maps, flags, cards of instruction, and other forms, papers, and equipment used in elections.
Counts absentee and provisional ballots and other official ballots required to be counted.
Certifies results in all ballot items on the official ballot in the county.
Orders a recount in any ballot item where necessary to complete the canvass.
Conducts any recount ordered by the county board or State Board.
Conducts hearings on election protests.

For more information about the Buncombe County Board of Elections click here.

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Canvass Day

11am at 59 Woodfin Place

Results on election night are unofficial. Canvass is the official process of determining the votes have been counted and tabulated correctly, resulting in the authentication of the official election results.

For close elections, the canvass period is especially important. During this time, elections officials count absentee ballots that came in before the deadline and research provisional ballots to determine whether they should be counted.

In every county, the canvass meeting when the results are certified is 10 days after Election Day. Because elections thrive on transparency, the canvass meeting is open to the public. Unless the county board unanimously votes for another site, the meeting will be held at the county board of elections office, per N.C.G.S. § 163-182.5.

Before the canvass meeting, the board must ensure that the sample hand-to-eye audit count and any discretionary or mandatory recounts have been completed.

Additionally, county boards confirm all eligible ballots have been counted, including:

Ballots that were unable to be read in the precinct (ballot jams, torn ballots, etc.)
Absentee ballots
Provisional ballots

At the meeting, the board will prepare and sign all relevant, permanent public documents. The county board will retain one copy; a copy will be filed with either the clerk of Superior Court or, in the case of municipal elections, with the municipal clerk; and a copy will be provided to the State Board of Elections.

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Election Day

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022

To see more information about Election Day in Buncombe County, click here.

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Last Day to Request Absentee-by-Mail Ballot

TODAY is the last day to request an absentee ballot for the General Election. Click here to submit your request through the absentee portal https://votebymail.ncsbe.gov/app/home.

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Early Voting

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 - Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022

Buncombe County residents can register and vote at ANY early voting site.

To view the Early Voting Calendar click here.

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Voter Registration Deadline

Friday, Oct. 14, 2022

Check the status of your voter registration here.

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