Election Day
Registration Deadlines
The voter registration deadline in North Carolina is 25 days before Election Day. The deadline is different for military and overseas citizens.
If you miss the registration deadline, you may be eligible to register and vote or make changes to your voter registration (other than party affiliation) and vote during the early voting period. Click to learn more: Register in Person During Early Voting.
Verifying Information
Utilize the NC SBE Voter Search tool to see your voter registration, sample ballot, and polling location.
Precinct Polling Locations
On Election Day, voters must vote in their assigned precinct. Jackson County Election Day polling places are listed below. Click here to verify your Election Day polling location and the jurisdictions you will be voting for.
All polling locations and machinery are accessibility compliant with the Help America Vote Act (2002).
- Barkers Creek: Barkers Creek Community Center - 4065 W US HWY 74, Whittier 28789
- Canada: Canada Fire Station - 149 Charley's Creek Rd, Tuckasegee 28783
- Cashiers: Cashiers Rec Center - 355 Frank Allen Rd., Cashiers 28717
- Caney Fork: Caney Fork Fire Station - 4201 Caney Fork Rd., Cullowhee 28723
- Cullowhee: Cullowhee Rec Center - 88 Cullowhee Mtn. Rd., Cullowhee 28723
- Glenville: Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad - 79 N Norton Rd, Cashiers 28717
- Green's Creek: Savannah Community Building - 4752 US HWY 441, Sylva 28779
- Qualla: Qualla Community Building - 181 Shoal Creek Church Loop Rd., Whittier 28789
- River: VFW Post 9493 - 10629 S US HWY 107, Tuckasegee 28783
- Savannah: Savannah Fire Station - 18 Ralph Tatham Rd, Sylva 28779
- Scotts Creek Combined: Balsam-Willets-Ochre Hill Fire Station - 36 Mount Pleasant Church Rd., Sylva 28779
- Sylva Dillsboro Combined: Board of Elections Office - 876 Skyland Dr - Suite 1, Sylva 28779
- Webster: Family Resource Center - 1528 Webster Rd., Webster, 28788
Absentee Voting
If you are a registered voter of Jackson County and choose not to vote in person,
you may request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you. Any North Carolina registered voter may request, receive and vote a mail-in absentee ballot in most elections. No special circumstance or reason is needed to vote by mail in North Carolina.
To request an absentee ballot, visit the NC Vote By Mail website or call the Jackson County Board of Elections at 828-586-753 for more information.
Challenges and Complaints
If you would like to learn more about challenges and complaints regarding election and voting procedures, please call or visit our office.