Photo ID Requirements

Photo ID Exemptions

If any voter is unable to show photo ID when voting (whether in person or by mail), they may fill out an ID Exception Form and vote their ballot. The voter will choose from the following permitted exceptions:

The voter has a “reasonable impediment” to showing photo ID. This means that something is preventing the voter from showing ID. The voter must provide their reason by selecting from the following choices on the form.

Lack of transportation
Disability or illness
Lack of birth certificate or other documents needed to obtain ID
Work or school schedule
Family responsibilities
Photo ID is lost, stolen, or misplaced
Applied for photo ID but have not received it
(For mail voters only) Unable to attach a copy of photo ID (Voter must include driver’s license number or last four digits of Social Security number)
Other reasonable impediment (if selected, the voter must write the reason on the form)
State or federal law prohibits voter from listing the reason

Religious Objection
The voter has a religious objection to being photographed.

Natural Disaster
The voter was a victim of a natural disaster within 100 days before Election Day that resulted in a disaster declaration by the President of the United States or the Governor of North Carolina.

Bladen County board of elections must count provisional ballots with properly completed ID Exception Forms.

Common IDs