Sylva Town Board Election Is Tues. Nov. 6; Register by Fri. Nov. 2; One-Stop Voting Ends Sat. Morning Nov. 3
[Note: this article contains corrections to the original version:
Election Day for Sylva's town board is Tuesday, November 6, although voters have an opportunity to vote even earlier.
Five candidates are running for three seats on the Sylva Town Board. The winners will be the 3 candidates receiving the highest number of votes. Ballots will ask the voter to select 3 out of the 5 persons running: Danny Allen, Mike Beck, Sarah Graham, Ray Lewis and Maurice Moody. Allen, Lewis and Moody are on the Town Board currently, and are running again because their terms are expiring.
Only persons who are residents of Sylva (that is, whose residences are within the town limits) are eligible to vote.
Voting occurs on Tuesday, November 6 at these three locations: the Justice Center at Sylva's Exit 83 on U.S. 74 for persons in Sylva's "North" precinct, the Community Services Building in Sylva (on Hospital Road, between Skyland Drive and Asheville Highway) for persons in Sylva's "South" precinct, and the Dillsboro Town Hall (at the corner of Front Street and Depot Street) for persons in Sylva's "Dillsboro" precinct. Each location will be open for voting at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. (you'll be given time to vote if you arrive by 7:30).
Voting is allowed only for persons who have "registered." If you have never registered before, you can register at the Board of Elections in Suite 249 of the Justice Center in Sylva on or before Friday, November 2. To register, bring a utility bill or your driver's license showing your residence is in Sylva. If you are already registered to vote in Jackson County (if, for example, you voted in the last election, for congressional and county seats, or have voted in presidential elections in this county before) you are automatically registered to vote in the town election of your residence. You ONLY need to complete a registration form if you've never voted in Jackson County before, or if you've lived in a different county or state immediately before living here.
It's also possible to register by completing a form and then mailing it to the Board of Elections, but there's a deadline: those forms have to arrive by Friday, November 2, so they can be processed before the Tuesday, Nov. 6 election. Copies of the form are available at the Jackson County library in Sylva and the library in Cashiers, and can be picked up at the Board of Elections office or emailed to you by contacting the BOE (contact information appears below).
"One-stop" voting is taking place now, which means any registered voter who wishes to vote before election day can go to the Board of Elections on or before Saturday Nov. 3 and cast his or her vote during normal office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 on Saturday. The "one-stop" voting is a way to simplify the long lines at polling stations on election day by allowing residents to vote over a longer period of time. Even a non-registered person can take advantage of this opportunity; by going to the Board of Elections in person, he or she can register and then vote during the same visit.
One-stop voting is available whether or not the voter will be out of town on November 6; at one time an "absentee" ballot could be cast only if the voter certified he would not be available to vote on election day. That restriction no longer applies. Absentee ballots - for people who are out of town, disabled, or otherwise unable to make their way to a local polling station and cannot cast their vote in person - can now be counted throughout the voting process, as long as they have been verified before November 6. If you wish to cast an absentee ballot, make sure you contact the BOE as soon as possible. There are some restrictions and certifications necessary, and they'll help you with the process and deadlines as quickly as they can.
If you have questions about how, when or where to vote, call Lisa Lovedahl-Lehman at 586-7538 or 586-4055, ext. 6035, or email her at jackson.boe@ncmail.net. The web site of the Board of Elections is http://www.boe.jacksonnc.org.
- one-stop voting is not available on Monday, November 5
- the registration deadline is Friday, November 2 (not Monday)
- voting hours are longer than we had reported; stations open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.
- voting occurs at the Justice Center in addition to the two locations described in the original article; see below]
Election Day for Sylva's town board is Tuesday, November 6, although voters have an opportunity to vote even earlier.
Five candidates are running for three seats on the Sylva Town Board. The winners will be the 3 candidates receiving the highest number of votes. Ballots will ask the voter to select 3 out of the 5 persons running: Danny Allen, Mike Beck, Sarah Graham, Ray Lewis and Maurice Moody. Allen, Lewis and Moody are on the Town Board currently, and are running again because their terms are expiring.
Only persons who are residents of Sylva (that is, whose residences are within the town limits) are eligible to vote.
Voting occurs on Tuesday, November 6 at these three locations: the Justice Center at Sylva's Exit 83 on U.S. 74 for persons in Sylva's "North" precinct, the Community Services Building in Sylva (on Hospital Road, between Skyland Drive and Asheville Highway) for persons in Sylva's "South" precinct, and the Dillsboro Town Hall (at the corner of Front Street and Depot Street) for persons in Sylva's "Dillsboro" precinct. Each location will be open for voting at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. (you'll be given time to vote if you arrive by 7:30).
Voting is allowed only for persons who have "registered." If you have never registered before, you can register at the Board of Elections in Suite 249 of the Justice Center in Sylva on or before Friday, November 2. To register, bring a utility bill or your driver's license showing your residence is in Sylva. If you are already registered to vote in Jackson County (if, for example, you voted in the last election, for congressional and county seats, or have voted in presidential elections in this county before) you are automatically registered to vote in the town election of your residence. You ONLY need to complete a registration form if you've never voted in Jackson County before, or if you've lived in a different county or state immediately before living here.
It's also possible to register by completing a form and then mailing it to the Board of Elections, but there's a deadline: those forms have to arrive by Friday, November 2, so they can be processed before the Tuesday, Nov. 6 election. Copies of the form are available at the Jackson County library in Sylva and the library in Cashiers, and can be picked up at the Board of Elections office or emailed to you by contacting the BOE (contact information appears below).
"One-stop" voting is taking place now, which means any registered voter who wishes to vote before election day can go to the Board of Elections on or before Saturday Nov. 3 and cast his or her vote during normal office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 on Saturday. The "one-stop" voting is a way to simplify the long lines at polling stations on election day by allowing residents to vote over a longer period of time. Even a non-registered person can take advantage of this opportunity; by going to the Board of Elections in person, he or she can register and then vote during the same visit.
One-stop voting is available whether or not the voter will be out of town on November 6; at one time an "absentee" ballot could be cast only if the voter certified he would not be available to vote on election day. That restriction no longer applies. Absentee ballots - for people who are out of town, disabled, or otherwise unable to make their way to a local polling station and cannot cast their vote in person - can now be counted throughout the voting process, as long as they have been verified before November 6. If you wish to cast an absentee ballot, make sure you contact the BOE as soon as possible. There are some restrictions and certifications necessary, and they'll help you with the process and deadlines as quickly as they can.
If you have questions about how, when or where to vote, call Lisa Lovedahl-Lehman at 586-7538 or 586-4055, ext. 6035, or email her at jackson.boe@ncmail.net. The web site of the Board of Elections is http://www.boe.jacksonnc.org.
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