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  • About
    • OFFICERS
    • Picture Gallery
  • All about Voting
    • Register to Vote
    • How to Vote
    • Polk Board of Elections
  • 2022 Candidates
    • Local Candidates
    • State Candidates
    • National Candidates
  • TAKE ACTION
  • CALENDAR
  • RESOURCES
  • Holding Site...? Reasons to Vote

Remember!  Verify your registration status

  • Go to the NCSBE Voter Search to verify your registration status. Also, click on your name and more information is available.
    • Voting location information is provided
    • Your jurisdictions including precinct and voting districts are provided
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
828-894-8181
​polkboe@polknc.org

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Know Who is On Your Ballot

Voter Search is a great site to see your ballot once they are available.  You can also find your voting location.  
Also look for information from Polk County Dems before the election and at polling sites.

LINK TO SEE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT

Check out our 2022 Candidates Pages

Absentee-By-Mail Voting for Primary

Who can vote by mail   Any NC registered voter- No special circumstances or reasons are needed.
​How to vote by mail
Request a ballot- Your date of birth and the following form of ID: NCDMV license number / ID card or last 4 digits of SSN
​Option 1:  Online request for a ballot.  Keep checking back if the ballot isn't available. It must be available by March 28.  
Option 2: By paper using  a fillable PDF form (you fill it out online, print, sign, and send) or a print-only PDF form.
Complete a ballot- This requires several steps
  • Mark you ballot in presence of notary public or 2 witnesses
  • Seal your ballot
  • Sign the back of envelope
  • Witnesses/notary public sign the envelope
    They sign and print their name; provide their full address.
    Witness must be at least 18y
    If you received assistance, the assistant may sign the envelope
Return a ballot
  • Mail your ballot to be received by 5pm election day (now May 17). But send it in as early as possible.
  • Return ballot in person to Polk County Board of Elections (Womack Building, 40 Courthouse St, Columbus) or to one-stop early voting site (also Womack Building)
  • Only the voter, near relative or legal guardian may mail or hand-deliver the Return Envelope. 
​Key Dates for Absentee Ballots:
​Coming.


​Track the status of your absentee-mail-in ballot using BallotTrax supported by the NC Board State Board of Elections.
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Vote Early in Person 

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General Election Early Voting Period

Stay tuned for updated information.
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Early Voting Site
​Board of Elections Office
​(Womack Building)
40 Courthouse St, Columbus

People who haven't registered to vote may have Same-Day Registration and vote during this period. (See Registration page)
NO ID IS NEEDED TO VOTE.

Vote in Person on Election Day

Vote at your election day precinct voting sites.  

You can find your election day voting location on VoterSearch.  You can call our Polk County Board of Elections at 828-894-8181.
NO ID IS NEEDED TO VOTE
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Tryon (Precinct 1-2-3)
Harmon Field Log Cabin
299 Harmon Field Road
Tryon, NC 28782
Saluda (Precinct 4)
Saluda Fire Department
199 Walnust Street
Saluda, NC 28773
Coopers Gap (Precinct 5)
Sunny View Elementary School
​86 Sunny View School Road

Mill Spring, NC 28756
White Oak (Precinct 6)
Mill Spring Fire Department
66 School Road
Mill Spring, NC 28756
Columbus 1 (precinct 7)
Polk County High School
1681 E. NC 108 Hwy
Columbus, NC 28722
Columbus 2 (Precinct 8)
Isothermal Community College
1255 W. Mills Street
Columbus, NC 28722
Green Creek (Precinct 9)
Green Creek Fire Department
8645 S. NC Hwy 9
Columbus, NC 28722

Party Headquarters

Polk County Democratic Party

Post Office Box 602
Columbus, NC 28722
​(Physical address:
​64 Ward Street)
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