Ready, Set, Vote!
The 2026 General Election will be held on this date.
What is November 3, 2026?
True or false: A UNCG student can register using their campus address if they meet the eligibility requirements.
What is TRUE?
This branch of the federal government includes the President.
What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment prohibited denying voting rights on account of race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
If I register to vote in Greensboro as a college student, I can also vote back home in the same election.
MYTH. You may only vote in one location.
In North Carolina, this voting period begins October 15, 2026.
What is early voting?
This card that most UNCG students already carry is an acceptable photo ID for voting in NC.
What is a UNCG Spartan Card?
These two chambers make up the U.S. Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and Senate?
This amendment established women's constitutional right to vote nationwide.
What is the 19th Amendment?
If I miss the October 9 registration deadline, there is absolutely no way for me to register for the November election.”
MYTH. Eligible voters can use same-day registration during early voting.
If you missed North Carolina's regular registration deadline, you can still do this during early voting if eligible.
What is same-day registration and voting?
A student registered at their permanent home address may need to use one of these methods if they cannot travel home to vote.
What is an absentee/mail-in ballot?
This level of government often makes decisions about things you experience directly in Greensboro, such as local services and city policies.
What is local government?
This amendment lowered the voting age nationally to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
I can use my UNCG Spartan Card as voter photo ID.
FACT.
During early voting, you can vote at any designated early-voting location within this area.
What is the county where you are registered/registering?
This UNCG office in EUC 217 provides student voting information and voter-registration assistance.
What is the Office of Leadership & Civic Engagement (OLCE)?
This branch interprets laws and includes the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This landmark 1965 federal law targeted racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
During early voting, I have to vote at the exact Election Day precinct assigned to my address.
MYTH. During early voting, voters can use any designated early-voting site in their county; Election Day voting is tied to the assigned precinct.
October 9, 2026 at 5 p.m. is this important NC election deadline.
What is the regular voter-registration deadline?
You moved from your old apartment into a UNCG residence hall. What voter information should you make sure is current?
What is your voter-registration address?
Name the three branches of the U.S. federal government.
What are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches?
The Greensboro Four began their famous 1960 sit-in at this downtown Greensboro store.
What is Woolworth's?
If I don't have an acceptable photo ID when I arrive to vote, I automatically lose my ability to cast a ballot.
MYTH. NC provides an ID-exception process and other options depending on the circumstances.