Civitas Elections Quiz

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1. A registered voter only has to provide their voter registration card to an elections official in order to cast a ballot in North Carolina.

   • True
   • False
   Voters don't even need to present their voter registration card to vote. All that is required of the voter is they state their current name and address, according to General Statute 163-166.7.

2. Provisional ballots cast in an election are only counted if there is a close race.

   • True
   • False
   Provisional ballots are counted in every election, as prescribed in General Statute 163-182.2.

3. You must reside in the State of North Carolina and in the precinct, ward or other election district in which you will vote for 60 days prior to election day.

   • True
   • False
   The residency requirement is 30 days. (G.S. 163-55)

4. In some cases, the location of your bedroom will determine who you vote for in North Carolina.

   • True
   • False
   According to General Statute 163-57, "In the event that a person's habitation is divided by a State, county, municipal, precinct, ward, or other election district, then the location of the bedroom or usual sleeping area for that person with respect to the location of the boundary line at issue shall be controlling as the residency of that person."

5. A person registers to vote and votes at a one-stop site. The ballot is counted. After the election's certification, the county board of elections is unable to verify the new voter's address because the voter card is returned undeliverable. The vote still counts anyway.

   • True
   • False
   Once the election is certified, the outcome cannot be changed. In the 2008 General Election more than 7,000 verification mailings came back to the local Boards of Elections undeliverable because the voters did not live at the addresses they provided on their official NC registration forms. All of those votes still counted.