This form will place you on the Granville County GOP volunteer list to serve as a Volunteer Poll Observer during the North Carolina 2024 Primary Runoff Election. The information you provide will only be used for official Granville County election integrity business. We will post a separate survey for observers in the November 2024 General Election.

Your Commitment

The information you provide on this form is essential to prepare observer schedules and clear these schedules through the County Board of Elections.  Managing Observer assignments is complicated by state laws that limit our flexibility. It is important that you understand these limitations when you volunteer to be an Observer. Please excuse the complexity. 

All observers must be nominated in writing by the county Party chair and approved by the County Board of Elections one day before their assigned period of duty. When you select a shift, please put it on your calendar so you don't book something over it. 

When you volunteer for a shift, we must assume that you have committed to it. We can't fill your shift with another volunteer unless you notify us at least two days in advance so we can clear the new Observer list through the County BOE. If you must change your selection after volunteering, please call our Election Integrity Coordinator, Gary Kanady, at (703) 447-5993 as soon as you realize you can't honor your commitment.  

Volunteering as a Poll Observer means that you agree to complete the simple training in Section 4 below. If you can't complete all the training before voting begins, we can still use you as an Observer if you call Gary Kanady and get a general description of your duties.   

Observer Types

State Law provides for  two types of Poll Observers: 

    - At-Large (Roving, who can visit any voting site any time) and
    - Precinct-Specific (Fixed, who must be assigned to four-hour shifts at specific venues). 

We are allowed to have ten Roving Observers for the entire county. Their mobility is only limited by the state rule that you may have only three observers at a time inside a voting venue.  

We can nominate two Fixed Observers per voting venue for specific four-hour shifts. During EV, Fixed Observers may be assigned to either of the Early Voting sites. On Election Day Fixed Observers may only be assigned to the precinct in which they live.

Observer Coverage

In both Early Voting and Election Day, we need to cover as much of the time as we can when the polls are open and as much of the set-up and shutdown time before and after the polls open and close (usually 30 minutes in the morning and an hour in the evening) to verify chain of custody for ballots and supporting forms.

Voting Dates and Times 

Early Voting

25 April-11 May. Polls are open 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m, closed on weekends except Saturday May 11, when they are open 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Note: Only TWO locations are open for Early Voting:

                    Oxford Public Works           South Branch Library
                    127 Penn Avenue                1550 South Campus Drive
                    Oxford, NC 27565                Creedmoor, NC 27522

Election Day

Tuesday, May 14, polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. We have 15 Precincts to cover. Precinct names and locations are available on the Granville County Board of Elections website. If you don't know your precinct, use this link to look up your precinct: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/PPLkup/

Other Opportunities to Help with the Election

Board of Elections Observers

Observe, report and monitor scheduled and intermittent BOE activities that can be performed in conjunction with or instead of Poll Observing, See Section 5 below if you are interested in assisting in observing BOE activities. 

Paid Election Worker:  Follow this link to the NC State Board of Elections website.

Under 18 years of age:  Volunteer as a non-paid Student Election Official Assistant.

In either case, your contact information will be sent to the local Board of Elections and they will contact you if they have openings.