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Durham elections office details absentee-ballot packet requirements and processing
Summary
Bowens explained absentee-by-mail requirements: signed attestation, two witnesses or one notary, a photocopy of acceptable ID placed in a clear pouch on the return envelope, and that completed packages are subject to Board review when exceptions are filed.
Derek Bowens, Durham County’s Director of Elections, reviewed the required elements of absentee-by-mail packets and how they are processed by election staff and the Board.
Bowens said absentee packets require the voter’s signature and attestation, two witnesses or one public notary, and a photocopy of an acceptable ID placed in a clear pouch attached to the absentee return envelope. He described that voters who cannot provide a photocopy can submit a photo ID exception form and that completed packets are processed and evaluated by the Board of Elections under the applicable rules.
He warned that absentee ballots must be returned by the close of polls on Election Day and there is no postmark exception for mail ballots under current state law; the absentee-by-mail request deadline is Oct. 29.
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