Update Oct. 22, 2024
The Buncombe County Board of Elections tonight voted unanimously to approve the polling locations for Election Day, Nov. 5. Residents can view the complete list of sites below.
Tropical Storm Helene’s destruction required the county to replace or transfer to another location 17 of the 80 voting sites across the county. Their replacements are attached below.
The reasons for the relocations include:
- Flood damage;
- Sites serving as disaster relief hubs; and
- Sites serving as emergency operations.
Residents who are unsure of where to vote on Election Day can use this search tool to find the name and address of their polling location, as well as a sample ballot. However, it will take Board of Elections staff a few days to populate the tool with all the new locations.
With more than 500 confirmed poll workers at the ready, Buncombe County has adequate staffing for all voting sites on Election Day.
Early Voting
For those who prefer to cast their ballots before Election Day, early voting is available at 10 locations across the county from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Nov. 1 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 2. Residents can see a list of those sites here. They can also view real-time wait times at each early voting polling place on our website.
To date, over 36,000 people have voted early. The county continues to see a steady flow of foot traffic at each location. Residents should allow plenty of time to cast their ballots, and they can find their sample ballot by using the voter search tool.
Oct. 16, 2024
Despite the effects of Tropical Storm Helene Buncombe County Election Services will maintain 80 Election Day polling locations with Buncombe County voters seeing changes to 16 of those venues. The Board of Elections unanimously approved a resolution on Wednesday, Oct. 16 revising Election Day polling locations. As part of the Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 as enacted by the General Assembly, Election Day polling places may be modified by bipartisan majority vote of the county board of elections.
Board of Elections Chair Jake Quinn stated this has been a huge undertaking with 14 early voting sites and 80 election day sites. Staff were pulled from other departments to help the Elections team evaluate locations.
Board members acknowledged it might be hard for some folks to get out of their community and consideration was made to limit a move out of a precinct if possible.
Of the 80 Election Day polling locations, 16 current locations will be moved to new locations within their precinct or transferred to existing polling locations in a nearby precinct.
Reasons for the relocations range from flood damage, trees or power lines down, damage to roads or bridges, and some sites serving as disaster relief hubs or fire departments with emergency operations taking place.
In terms of poll workers, Elections Director Corinne Duncan stated at this time we have 500 confirmed election day poll workers and staffing should not be an issue.
In yesterday’s meeting the Board passed a resolution designating the Buncombe County disaster shelter sites authorized to be visited by the Multipartisan Assistant Team (MAT) for assisting voters with absentee ballots.
Please see the attachments Resolution 2024-10 with Exhibit A, Resolution 2024-11, and Voting Location Update Presentation.
For more information about voting in Buncombe County visit www.buncombecounty.org/vote.