Students attending the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College vote in the same manner as any other registered voter. Students should review the below information to understand their voting options and to ensure that all required steps have been taken in order to vote during an election.
If registering to vote at your on-campus address, be sure to provide the following on your voter registration application in addition to other requirements indicated on the registration form:
Even though many organizations hold registration drives on campus, the process is only completed once the Board of Elections processes the form and you receive a voter registration card in the mail. To register directly with the New Hanover County Board of Elections, you may download a registration form and mail or deliver the form in-person. You can also obtain and fill out the form at our office. Before the registration deadline (25 days prior to each election), it is a good idea to check your registration on the State Board of Elections website to make sure its current.
Please click here to access the “Voter Guide for UNCW Students”!
Students who keep their home address for voting purposes should request an absentee ballot by mail from their home county’s Board of Elections office. For the contact information of all county Board of Elections offices throughout North Carolina, please click here.
Students who are registered to vote in New Hanover County visit any Absentee One-Stop Voting site convenient to them. Please click here to view One-Stop sites and information.
On Election Day, you are required to vote in the precinct in which you are registered. All Election Day polling places are open from 6:30AM until 7:30PM.
Students who are registered to vote in New Hanover County at an UNCW on-campus address must vote at the UNCW Warwick Center located at 629 Hamilton Drive if presenting to vote on Election Day. Don’t live on campus? Click here to find your polling place.
It is important that you go to your assigned precinct on Election Day.