Blueprint NC is excited to bring back our Power, Protection, & Encouragement (PPE) Safe Sites Program for the 2024 Election

Keep People Safe

Register Voters

Turn Out Voters

Build Partner's Capacity

Increase Coordination

Engage, Inform, Absorb

Keep People Safe Register Voters Turn Out Voters Build Partner's Capacity Increase Coordination Engage, Inform, Absorb

We believe that voters need a comfortable and joyful space at polling sites, a place to celebrate coming together in community. Through this initiative, Partner organizations will host “Safe Sites” at polling locations across the state during early voting and on election day. In 2022, 77 community organizations hosted 417 events at polling locations across 37 counties!

  • You can register and early vote on the same time. This method offers flexible days and places for voting. Visit

    www.ncvoter.org/early to find early voting locations and helpful information.

  • Anyone can register to vote by mail. You must request a ballot before 5pm, Tuesday Oct 29th. Visit www.ncvoter.org/absentee-ballots/ to request one. Your ballot must be RECEIVED by your County Board of Elections by 7pm on Election Day.

  • You can vote in NC regardless whether or not you have a state issued current ID. You may have to vote a provisional ballot, but don't let this stop you. If you have questions call the election protection hotline at 1- 888-OUR-VOTE.

  • To register and vote on the same day, provide one of these documents to an election official at an early voting site:

    • NC driver’s license or identity card from NC DMV

    • Other photo ID issued by a government agency as long as it includes the your current name and address

    • Current utility bill (electric, phone, cable, water, etc.), bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other government document with the your name and current address, issued within the last 6 months.

    • If you’re a student, you can show any document from their college or university that contains your name and residential address (i.e., invoice, transcript, letter) issued within the last 6 months.

    • A current document, provided by an institution that issued a photo ID that satisfies the voter photo ID requirement.

  • You can check if you are registered to votehere.

  • Having ID that doesn’t match your appearance or identity should not affect your right to cast a ballot.

    As long as the relevant voter data (usually the name and address) matches one of the acceptable forms of ID, you have the right to vote.

    Find out more here.

  • If you have a felony conviction, you are eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, including any active prison or jail time, as well as any period of probation, post-release supervision, or parole associated with the sentence. You must still register to vote, even if you were registered before the conviction.

    If you have remaining financial debt associated with your sentence, you may still vote, as long as your sentence and post-release supervision is complete. However, if your probation is extended due to failure to pay a financial debt, you are not eligible to vote until its completion. For more information visit www.ncsbe.gov/registering/who-can- register.

NEED HELP? Call or text 888-OUR-VOTE to speak with a trained Election Protection volunteer.