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. During municipal elections only sites serving municipalities will be open.

Use the Voter Search Tool 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).

NOTE: The Cullowhee Election Day voting site has changed. Effective in the 2026 General Election, Election Day voting will cease at the Cullowhee Rec Center and will be held at the WCU Health & Human Sciences Building, Room 204 (4121 Little Savannah Rd., Cullowhee). This does not change the 2026 Early Voting plan - only Election Day operations.

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: WCU Health & Human Sciences Building, Room 204 - 4121 Little Savannah Rd., Cullowhee
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, 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.

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