You’ve cast your NC ballot. Now what happens to it?
The state Board of Elections extended voting hours at 10 North Carolina polling places Tuesday night.
As long as voters were in line at their assigned polling place before polls closed — 7:30 p.m. for the vast majority of precincts — they were legally eligible to submit their ballot.
The state extended voting at these polling places:
▪ In Cabarrus County, voting was extended to 7:47 p.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church, 59 Chestnut Drive SW in Concord and to 8:09 p.m. at the Flowes Store Volunteer Fire Station precinct, 8623 Flowes Store Road precinct in Concord.
▪ In Guilford County, voting was extended to 8:04 p.m. at the Bluford Elementary School in Greensboro.
▪ In Sampson County, voting was extended to 7:51 p.m. at the West Clinton (Sampson Community College) precinct in Clinton, to 7:54 p.m. at the Northeast Clinton (Sampson County Adult Daycare) precinct in Clinton, to 8:10 p.m. at the Keener (Halls Fire Station) precinct in Clinton, and to 8:15 p.m. at the Plainview Fire Station precinct in Dunn.
▪ In Warren County, voting was extended to 7:55 p.m. at the Fishing Creek (Arcola Volunteer Fire Department) precinct in Warrenton, to 7:53 p.m. at the Judkins (Vaughan Elementary School) precinct in Macon and to 8 p.m. at the Smith Creek (Zion Methodist Church) precinct in Norlina.
“With 2,660 polling sites, it is not unusual for minor issues to occur at polling sites that result in a brief disruption of voting,” the state board said in a news release.
Once all polling places closed, election results were expected to begin posting at er.ncsbe.gov/.
What happens ext
Once voting ends, precinct officials will hand-deliver ballots to their county’s board of elections, according to the State Board of Elections.
Once delivered, counties will begin reporting unofficial results at the current reporting time of 8:15 p.m.
Absentee ballots postmarked before or on Election Day and received by 5 p.m. Nov. 12 will be counted if confirmed by election officials. Election officials confirm ballots after checking for missing signatures or other irregularities.
On Wednesday, the State Board of Elections will randomly select precincts, early voting sites and by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in each county.
State law requires the sample audit count to help ensure the reliability of election results counted by a machine, the board stated in a news release.
On Nov. 13, election officials in each county will hold a canvass meeting, which is open to the public, to certify the results of the election.
Staff reporter Will Doran contributed to this story.
This story was originally published November 3, 2020 at 6:44 PM.