Information Mainly for Precinct 19-19 Voters

Last Updated:   10/2/18  15:46

Voting precinct 19-10, which had used the Jones Dairy Elementary School as its polling place, grew large enough that it needed to be divided in two by the Wake County Board of Elections (WCBOE). This change was made in 2017. Precinct 19-10 no longer exists. The part of old 19-10 north of Chalk Road is now the new 19-18 precinct; it will still have Jones Dairy Elementary as its polling place. However all the rest of old 19-10 is now the new 19-19 precinct and will have as its polling place Sanford Creek Elementary School at 701 Granite Falls Blvd. in Rolesville. See the maps below.

The next election for these two precincts is a general election currently scheduled for 11/6/18. Information about this election is posted on the WCBOE website.  Updated: 5/10/18

The section below explains how you can check your voter registration information, including your currently recorded name, address, party, precinct, polling place, and municipality (if any). You will also see the jurisdictions you are in, e.g., NC House, Wake County Commissioner, and School (Board of Education). Normally a month or more before election day you can view the exact ballot(s) that will be available to you for that election. If you have not already done so, register to vote!  Keep your voter registration data up-to-date, e.g., if you move.

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Go to the right polling place:  Some voters whose precinct was changed to 19-19 might accidentally first go to their old 19-10 polling place, Jones Dairy Elementary School. They will be rerouted to Sanford Creek Elementary School. The reverse might happen if a 19-18 voter mistakenly shows up to vote at the new (as of 2017) Sanford Creek Elementary School polling place. They will be rerouted to Jones Dairy Elementary School. Everyone needs to know in which precinct they are now registered and go to vote in the polling place for that precinct. That is where their pollbook data is located; it is not in the pollbooks at any other polling place on election day.

You can also submit an absentee ballot or vote at an early voting site before election day, as described on the WCBOE website. Note that for this election, a nearby early voting site is the Northern Regional Center in Wake Forest.  Updated: 8/09/18

Maps and pictures: The following items focus on precinct 19-19 since its voters now must go to this new (as of 2017) polling place.

• Precinct 19-19 overview, an edited map from the WCBOE showing how precinct 19-19 relates to surrounding precincts. It also shows the 19-19 and 19-18 polling place locations.
  
  Note:  If you want a more detailed map, try the very useful iMAPS tool described below. You can focus on an area to clearly show all its streets with their names, as well as highlighting things like municipal corporate boundaries and voting precincts.
• Locator map for 19-19 polling place, Sanford Creek Elementary School.
• Helpful pictures of Sanford Creek Elementary School. These were provided by the WCBOE.
• Sign placement to direct people to the 19-19 polling place.
• Traffic flow diagram for Sanford Creek Elementary School parking areas.
• Voting enclosure layout for the 19-19 polling place.
• Route between 19-18 and 19-19 polling places in case a voter initially goes to the wrong one.
• Intersection of regions showing at a high level how voting precincts and municipal corporate regions overlap.

How to check your voter registration information:  When certain changes occur, such as when precinct 19-10 was divided into 19-18 and 19-19 or if you have updated your registration information with the WCBOE, e.g., after a move, the Wake County Board of Elections (WCBOE) mails an updated voter card to each affected voter. That card lists your (possibly changed) polling place and your voting jurisdiction information, including your municipality, e.g., Wake Forest or Rolesville or unincorporated, as well as your name, address, and party affiliation. You can also see your current registration information by clicking on "Am I Registered?" on the WCBOE website.

How to view a sample ballot appropriate for you:  The "Am I Registered" facility mentioned above also lets you view images of the ballot(s) applicable to you in the upcoming election. Each image exactly duplicates what you would see on the associated hardcopy ballot. Viewing your ballot before the election lets you vote more quickly on election day.  Updated: 10/02/18

To view what ballot(s) may apply for you, enter your identification data for "Am I Registered" (see above). When your registration data is displayed, scroll down to the "Sample Ballots" section and click on the link for the ballot style you wish to view, e.g, G057. An Unaffiliated voter may see several possible ballot styles for a primary election. All can be viewed here; however when actually voting later, the Unaffiliated voter must chose just one of these styles. In contrast, for partisan voters in a primary election or for all voters in a general election, only one sample ballot style will be displayed for each voter.  Updated: 10/02/18

How to update your voter registration information:  If you haven't yet registered, you must do so by a certain time (about 25 days) before the election you want to vote in; the cutoff date will be posted on the WCBOE website (see below). Don't put it off to the last minute. If you have moved or changed your name after you previously registered, please notify the WCBOE to get your registration updated. Doing that early will make things go much faster for you on election day. All this registering/updating can be done with a form gotten from the WCBOE website. Click on "Register To Vote" or "Change my Address/Name". Both lead to the same form and instructions. Once your first-time or updated registration has been processed, the WCBOE will mail you a new voter card.

Special considerations for the 19-19 polling place:   Below are several things 19-19 voters will need to consider about Sanford Creek Elementary School. The six WCBOE pictures illustrate some of these points.

• Use the correct entrance to get to the voter parking area. See the 19-19 polling place map.

  If you enter Granite Falls Blvd. from Rogers Rd., the first school entrance you encounter (the one on the west side of the school property) is ONLY for school buses. We'll have signs warning people that this is NOT an entrance for voters. The correct entrance (the one on the east side) is about 1/4 mile further along. It leads to a large parking area in front of the school.

  Similarly, if you enter Granite Falls Blvd. from W. Young St., do not turn at the first road you encounter on the left. That leads to some private businesses, not the school. The school entrance is the second road on the left. There is a large stone sign by it for Sanford Creek Elementary School.

• Unfortunately the correct entrance is the one used by "car pool" parents to drop off and pick up their kids. If you try to drive in at certain times, you may find yourself involved with a long, slow line of such cars; this may make it difficult to get into or out of a parking place. Try to avoid the "car pool" times. The latest information from SCES for this election day is listed below.

  There will be a planned two-hour delay for Wake County school openings on 11/6/18. For that day the Sanford Creek "car pool" times have been shifted to 10:45-11:15 AM and 3:45-4:15 PM; the latter period is probably the worse of the two.  Updated: 10/02/18

  No matter when you arrive, always follow the signs and watch out for cones which may require you to wind around the parking area; don't try to take a shortcut. Be very careful if you use the narrow passing lane to go beside the "car pool" line.

  If you do arrive at the wrong time, a way to avoid the "car pool" line is to use one of the two gravel parking lots adjacent to the school, just off Scarboro St.  See the Alternate Parking Lot signs on the sign placement diagram. There is a small, grassy hill between the larger lot and the school. Since there is no sidewalk or other prepared pathway over that hill, walk carefully, especially if the grass is wet. These gravel lots are normally used for the Town of Rolesville's Main Street Park. The Town has given the WCBOE permission to use them for voter parking.

• The voting enclosure (the room where you vote) is the school's media center. The entrance for it is on the left side of the building's front, hiding around a corner. Don't try to use the building's main entrance, which is toward the right. We'll have signs to steer you to the media center entrance.
• For exit from the media center, use only the side door you used for entry. Do not try to exit by the rear door into the main school building. We'll probably have that inside door partially blocked in some way -- to be used only as an emergency exit.
• For those needing curbside assistance, i.e., people physically unable to come inside to vote, the curbside parking area will be at the building's front, near the media center entrance. The accessible parking area is there as well. These parking places may not be too visible when you first enter the school's parking lot (there's a lot of winding around to get there), but we'll have signs.

  For people needing curbside or accessible parking facilities, it is strongly advised that they NOT come to vote anywhere close to the school's "car pool" times noted above. Navigating around the "car pool" line to reach the special parking areas can be confusing and difficult. At other times (i.e., no "car pool" line), it is much easier -- just follow the pavement arrows and our vote direction signs to get to the curbside or accessible parking areas.

  Cars needing this special parking should go completely around the loop by the building's entrance. See traffic flow. This ensures curbside-parking cars will be properly oriented at the curbside doorbell stand. This orientation also provides easy exit from curbside parking back into the "car pool" traffic flow.

Please pass on the above information to your neighbors in case they may be unaware of the precinct changes.

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