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If you are registered to vote in Durham and have moved from East Campus to West Campus, you will need to update your voter registration with your new dorm address. If you have moved to off-campus housing and plan to vote in Durham, you will need to update your registration with your new address.

Yes. North Carolina voters are required provide photo identification when voting in-person or by absentee ballot. The DukeCard and Duke Student Voter ID Card were approved by the State Board of Elections as a valid form of ID for students when voting. More information can be found here.

If you are voting in North Carolina, you can find your sample ballot here.

Click here for a non-partisan guide to what is on your North Carolina ballot.

Students should use their dorm address as their residential address when registering to vote, and should use their Duke Box number for the mailing address. A list of on-campus residential addresses can be found here. Students living off campus will use their street address.

The Durham Board of Elections also allows for the use of general address points for students living on East and West Campus. Official guidance can be found here and the general residential address points are below.

• East Campus: 1400 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27705
• West Campus: 440 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708

• If you live on East or West Campus, enter:

Duke Campus Box [box #]

Durham, NC 27708

• If you live off campus, write your street address.

You can reach out to our Student Voting Coordinator at dukevotes@duke.edu.

Yes. Staff who are registered voters and unable to vote outside of regular work hours should be granted scheduled time off with or without pay. Time with pay can be granted for up to two (2) hours with payment occurring through vacation or the Short-Term Bank for the purpose of voting in local, municipal, state, or national elections. This time off will be scheduled by a supervisor at either the beginning or the end of the work period or at other times more advantageous to the maintenance of a department’s or unit’s work schedule.

No.University staff accounts should not be used for convening or attending political meetings, events or fundraisers or the distribution of campaign messages, petitions, and similar material.

Only if the appearance furthers the educational or academic mission of Duke in accordance with the policy regarding the use of University facilities/resources found in Appendix S of the Faculty Handbook here. Fundraising on campus, or virtually using Duke resources, is not permitted. Duke’s policies on voting, political activity, and engagement with government officials can be found here.