Voter Registration/Community Changes must be completed by July 11 for the Primary Election, August 29 for the General Election by 4:00pm. Enrolled members who will be 18 years of age on the date of or prior to any Election may register to vote before the registration books close. Please call BOE office 828.359.6361 or 828.359.6362 with any questions.

This is official notice of the Primary Election to be held on Thursday July 17th, 2025, and the General Election to be held on Thursday September 4th, 2025.

Absentee Application/Ballot Request
June1st-25th, 2025, for request made by phone, electronic mail, or US mail. Request made by person in the Board of Elections office should be made 4:00pm the Friday before the Primary Election. A voter may request both a primary election absentee ballot and a general election absentee ballot if the application for absentee ballot is requested by June 25th, 2025, by 4:00pm. Absentee ballots must be witnessed, returned to and received by the Board of Elections on or before 4pm before the said election.

August 1st-25th, 2025, for request made by phone, electronic mail, or US mail. Request made by person in the Board of Elections office should be made 4:00pm the Friday before the General Election. Absentee ballots must be witnessed, returned to and received by the Board of Elections on or before 4pm before the said election.

Early Voting Dates
June 16th-21st, June 23rd-28th, 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm, for the Primary Election, and August 11th-16th, August 18th-23rd, 2025 for the General Election.

EBCI Tribal Board of Elections
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1837
Physical address: 808 Acquoni Road
Cherokee, NC 28719

Contact
Nancy Locust: 828-359-6362
Kelsi Huskey: 828-359-6361

Absentee Ballot Requirements

1. Tribal members serving on active military duty, including immediate family members who reside in the household, who are unable to return to Cherokee/polling place to cast their votes.
2. Tribal members who are unable to return to Cherokee/polling place to cast their votes.
3. Tribal members enrolled in institutions of higher education and enrolled members of their household that are unable to return to Cherokee/polling place to cast their votes.
4. Tribal members who are employees of the Tribe are required to be away from Cherokee for training or for reasons required by their employment on the date of election who are unable to return to Cherokee/polling place to cast their votes.
5. Tribal members who: because of illness are in a hospital, nursing home, or other treatment facility, and/ or, who because of their physical condition and course of treatment are unable to go to the polling place to cast their votes.
6. Tribal members who physically reside on Cherokee trust lands but who will be absent from Cherokee on Election Day for business or personal reasons and are unable to return to Cherokee/polling place to cast their votes.