Click here to complete a voter registration application. Print and sign the form, then mail it to the Board of Elections office. Registered voters may use the form to update their name, address and party. Registered voters may also update their registration information by completing the back of their voter card and mailing it to the Board of Elections office. ​ Completed registration forms can be submitted in the following ways: E-mail: elections@claync.org Mail: Clay County Board of Elections 54 Church St Hayesville NC 28904

1. You must be a United States citizen. 2. You must be a resident of Clay County, North Carolina, for 30 days before the election in which you intend to vote. 3. You must be 18 by Election Day 4. You must not vote in any other county or state election after submitting a voter registration application in Clay County. If registered elsewhere, you understand that you are cancelling that registration upon becoming registered to vote in Clay County. 5. You have not been convicted of a felony, or if convicted of a felony, you have completed your sentence, including any probation or parole. (Citizenship and voting rights are automatically restored upon completion of the sentence, but you must re-register. No special document is needed.)

If mailed, the registration form must be postmarked at least 25 days prior to the election. If hand-delivered, faxed, or e-mailed, the registration form must be received at the Board of Elections office by 5:00 p.m. at least 25 days prior to the election.

Use the Voter Search tool to confirm the status of your voter registration, find your voting location, and view a sample ballot for the upcoming election. Online voter information is generally updated weekly, but may take up to a few weeks near election time. You may also call the Clay County Board of Elections office at 828-389-6812 ​ In addition, the Board of Elections will send you a new voter registration card in the mail when you... - register to vote - change your address - change your party affiliation - are assigned to a new precinct - are assigned to a new polling place. Your voting location (polling place) is printed on the card. You are assigned a polling place based on the precinct where you live. If you do not know where to vote, or if you have moved from the residence address we have on file, don't wait until Election Day! You may experience a delay in voting if your residence address is not up to date or if we have sent mail to your voter registration address that was returned to us by the Postal Service.

The Board of Elections removes voters listed on an official list of deceased persons sent by the state each month. In addition, a near relative may submit a written request to remove the voter registration of a deceased voter or by using the Notification of Deceased Voter Form.

On Election Day, the polls are open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. For more details on Early Voting or other voting methods, see our Current Election Information page.

No, you do not need your voter registration card to vote

Any eligible Clay County voter may vote at any Clay County early voting site. All ballot styles are available at every early voting site, so you will receive the same ballot you would receive if you went to your assigned polling place on Election Day.

No. Registered voters must submit changes to party affiliation by the registration deadline (25 days before Election Day). Name or address changes can be processed at early voting sites.

No. You must vote in your precinct on Election Day.

Any registered voter in Clay County may request an absentee ballot or may vote at an early voting site. No excuse is needed.

All requests for absentee ballots MUST be made in writing using the approved form. See our Absentee by Mail page to learn more and view the form.

Your request must be in writing on the approved form, signed by the voter or the voter's near relative. Click the Absentee button above to download the form. A completed, signed form can be faxed to 828-389-3767 or emailed as an attachment to elections@claync.org.

A voter’s near relative may request an absentee ballot for the voter. In lieu of the voter’s signature, the request must include the requester’s signature, address, daytime phone number, and relationship to the voter.

Yes; however, if you are requesting an absentee ballot for a primary, you may simultaneously request that a General Election absentee ballot be sent to you, as well. The absentee ballots will be mailed separately at the appropriate time. ​ On the ballot return envelope, you will have the opportunity to request a ballot for the 2nd Primary if you are eligible.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before an election.

The absentee ballot must be received by the Board of Elections office no later than 5 p.m. on the day of the statewide primary or general election or county bond elections. Absentee by mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the Board of Elections office by the Friday after the election will be accepted as timely.

Mail or hand deliver to: Clay County Board of Elections 54 Church Street Hayesville, NC 28904

Yes, if that person is your spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, or legal guardian, they may return it to the Clay County Board of Elections Office.

Yes. Your voted absentee ballot must be in the Clay County Board of Elections Office by 5 p.m. on Election Day.

No. The deadline to return your voted absentee ballot is at 5 p.m. on Election Day.

Yes. Please make sure you take it to the post office and have them post mark it in front of you.

No. The returned ballot envelope is specific to each voter and must contain that voter’s ballot.

The mail-in absentee ballots are counted at 2 p.m. on Election Day, but the results are not posted until 7:30 p.m., after the closing of the polls on Election Day.

Party affiliation determines the primary in which a voter is eligible to vote. If you do not declare a party, you will be registered as Unaffiliated. If you are an Unaffiliated voter, you may choose to vote in the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian or nonpartisan (Judicial) Primary. You may choose only one party's primary. Participating in one of the partisan primaries will not affect your unaffiliated status.

NO. Your vote will be counted on Election Day along with the ballots cast in the precinct.

Visit voting information for military and overseas voters at these websites: State Board of Elections Federal Voting Assistance Program.

A person in possession of a Power of Attorney for an individual is not permitted to apply for voter registration, to vote in person, or to vote by absentee ballot for the individual.