Social Action: Your Vote, Your Voice, Your Future
YOUR VOTE.
YOUR VOICE.
YOUR FUTURE.
As November 3 approaches, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter advances Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s tradition of Social Action through Delta Decides, a coordinated, nonpartisan civic engagement that informs, equips, and mobilizes our community.
This election season, Delta Decides turns awareness into action by registering voters, sharing trusted information, encouraging informed participation, and helping voters plan. Our goal is to strengthen civic participation, protect ballot access, and ensure voters collective voices are heard during this election season and beyond.
Be an unstoppable voter
North Carolina is having an election this year for local positions. The winning candidates will create policies that affect your life. Vote in the Primary AND General Elections.
Check your voter registration.
Check your registration status by entering your information into the Voter Search, also known as the voter lookup. You will need to submit your first and last name. To narrow your search results, you can add more information, such as your year of birth or county, but that is optional. With this tool, you will be able to find publicly available information, including your:
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Voter registration status.
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Election Day polling place.
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Sample ballots for upcoming elections.
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Voting districts.
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Past elections you participated in, referred to as voter history.
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What Is Delta Decides?
Delta Decides is a Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. nonpartisan civic engagement initiative, helping voters understand issues and voting rights, prepare for elections, and participate confidently. It endorses no party or candidate; instead, it promotes informed choices, reliable election information, voter registration and turnout, and ongoing civic participation.
Action Plan
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Register and Verify: Partner with community organizations to register eligible voters and encourage them to confirm their registration status.
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Educate and Equip: Share accurate, nonpartisan information about candidates, ballot measures, voting rights, election procedures, and key deadlines.
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Make a Voting Plan: Help voters identify when, where, and how they will vote and connect them with trusted election resources.
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Remove Barriers: Provide practical guidance and resource referrals that support access to the ballot.
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Mobilize Turnout: Use relational organizing, text and postcard messages, phone banking, and community outreach to inform, remind, and encourage voters throughout the community.
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Sustain civic engagement: Encourage community voters to remain informed, communicate with public officials, and participate in civic life after the election.
Voter Registration Kit (ENGLISH)
Voter registration is the necessary first step in making sure the voices of “we the people” are heard by our elected officials. With the right information, anyone can register voters! Some key rules for voting in North Carolina have changed. Be prepared.
Resources for more information
NC State Board of Elections
ncsbe.gov or 866-522-4723
Democracy NC
democracync.org or 919-286-6000
NC Voter Information
ncvoter.org
Democracy NC can provide voter registration forms, “Register to Vote Here” signs, voting rights resources and more. Contact us at 919-286-6000 or info@democracync.orgin North Carolina have changed. Be prepared.
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Choose the right time and location for your registration drive so plenty of your target people will see you. Be sure to get permission to conduct the drive if the location is on private property.
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Engage voters by asking “Can I help you update your registration?” and “Are you registered to vote at your current address?” Don’t forget to smile and stay upbeat – a little kindness and energy go a long way.
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Have plenty of registration forms with you in English and in Spanish. Get forms from the County Board of Elections or Democracy North Carolina.
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Other supplies: Clipboards, pens (black ink only), a visible sign saying “Register to Vote,” a bin or large envelope for completed forms. Also bring stickers and fun stuff to give away, flyers about voting rights and how and when to vote, and this guide for volunteers.
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Recruit plenty of volunteers. Usually, only about 75% of those who sign up to help will actually show up.
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Be non-partisan. Don’t tell people what party to register for or who to vote for. Don’t have signs or buttons for a candidate. You must help register anyone regardless of what party they choose. Note: You can state your position on an amendment or bond issue and still be non-partisan.
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It is illegal to pre-fill out the party affiliation or to throw away or destroy a person’s form. However, a voter can receive assistance in filling out or completing the form. The voter must sign it.
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Offer to review the form before the voter signs it. Some people will want to take it home but those forms are rarely turned in. Say you can help get it done correctly and quickly.
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Train your volunteers on how to fill out forms correctly, remind them to review forms quickly — and always get the voter’s signature!
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Turn in all forms to the elections board, even if parts are incomplete or voided.
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If you want to retain a person’s email address after you’ve registered them to vote, ask them to provide it on a separate document like a pledge card. State law prohibits people other than election officials from retaining certain information from voter registration forms, including email addresses, signatures, dates of birth, full or partial Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers.
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Voter Registration Form Tip Sheet (ENGLISH)
Instructions for Completing the
NC VOTER REGISTRATION FORM
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 11 of the form MUST be completed before it can be processed by the State Board of Elections. Many, but not all, of these items are marked with red (Required). People most often leave out the eligibility check boxes at the top (Section 1), Date of Birth and ID or Social Security number (Section 3), and Signature & Date (Section 11).
Download instructions on how to complete and submit your voter registration form. (English)
This one-page handout includes a section-by-section guide to completing and then submitting your NC voter registration form. (Updated July 2024)
What should I do with the completed forms?
Deliver or mail the forms to the County Board of Elections office within 7 days of completion and at least 25 days before the election. Turn in all of the forms, even if some sections are not completed. (Updated July 2024)
Honoring Our Legacy
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Founders entered public life in the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, establishing a legacy of advocacy. Delta Decides carries it forward through organized civic action that prepares communities to shape the decisions affecting their lives.
Sisterhood is our foundation. Service is how we act. Delta Decides calls us to inform with purpose and sustain Social Action.
Register. Verify. Learn. Plan. Vote. Organize.
Through Delta Decides, we transform voter participation into lasting community power, carrying forward Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.’s legacy of purposeful Social Action.