Do you know who is on your ballot? Find information about voting and your sample ballot by clicking on your county below. See the candidates who are competing to be your state and local representatives. If you have questions about how to vote check out BPR's Frequently Asked Questions.
Beyond the candidate's party affiliation, do you know what they stand for?
This is a guide to the platforms of each candidate based on local reporting from Blue Ridge Public Radio, Smoky Mountain News, The News and Observer’s Project 170 and other media organizations, as well as the Voter 411 guide by The League of Women Voters.
- Meet the federal candidates
- Meet the state candidates
- Meet the WNC sheriff candidates and learn about ballot referendums
Here are sample ballots from the county board of elections for each BPR listening area
- Cherokee County – sample ballot
- Clay County – sample ballot
- Macon County – sample ballot (includes a sales tax referendum)
- Graham County – sample ballot
- Swain County – sample ballot
- Jackson County – sample ballot
- Haywood County – sample ballot
- Transylvania County – sample ballot
- Buncombe County – sample ballot (includes two bond referendums)
- Henderson County – sample ballot
- McDowell County – sample ballot
- Madison County – sample ballot
- Polk County – sample ballot
