College voters face obstacles, but won't be denied

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... You must provide a current physical address. You can’t use a post-office box number or the general UNCW address as your residential address on a voter registration form. Students must write the address of their current dorm or apartment so election officials can determine the voter’s precinct. Poll workers can tell students the addresses of UNCW’s dorms if they don’t know it, Williams said.

You must provide identification to register. When registering in person during early voting, you must provide a North Carolina drivers license or, if you don’t have one, the last four digits of your Social Security number ...

New voters must provide ID. Even voters with a valid registration card may need to bring ID to the polls ...

If you have problems with your registration, don’t wait until Election Day to deal with it. The best thing to do is to take care of any issues before early voting ends on at 1 p.m. Saturday, Williams said. If you don’t show identification during early voting, you can leave, gather up what you need and come back ...

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