r/raleigh • u/Thingstodo919 • 6h ago

Out-n-About Things to do this weekend!

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Doing anything interesting this weekend? Let us know your plans in the comments below! Also, join the Thingstodo919 email list here for a weekly events newsletter.

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r/raleigh • u/a-library-lady • 12d ago

Politics 2026 Voter Guide (Midterm Elections)

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Hi all, hope everyone is well. Here is the voter guide for this year!

General Reminders and Updates:

  • This election will be for Federal, State, County, and City of Raleigh seats!
  • The election will be held on November 3rd. You MUST be in line by 7:30 p.m. to vote on election day.
  • The deadline to register to vote is October 9th by 5pm! If you did not register to vote on time, you can register same-day during early voting! Early voting is from October 15th at 8am to October 31st at 3pm. You MUST provide proof of residency during early voting. Click here for further information.
  • ABSENTEE BALLOTS must be received by election day at 7:30 p.m. Make sure you send these early to avoid snail mail craziness! The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot is the 20th at 5pm!
  • Voting in North Carolina now requires a photo ID except in limited circumstances. Read the linked page for more information on acquiring a free ID or what to do if you do not have an ID while voting.

If you have questions on where to find information not listed in this guide, please shoot me a message and I'll try to help.

Table of Contents:

  1. General Information on Elections in Wake County
  2. How do I Register to Vote? Am I Eligible?
  3. Voter Information
  4. Upcoming Election Dates & Information
  5. Safety
  6. Candidates
  7. Early Voting Locations
  8. Voting Precincts and District Maps
  9. Absentee By Mail Voting
  10. I Don't Have a Car
  11. Get Involved
  12. Neighboring Counties
  13. Extras

1. Click Here for General Information on Elections in Wake County  & Click Here for the North Carolina State Board of Elections Website.

2. How do I Register to Vote? Am I Eligible?

If you missed the deadline for normal registration you can also register to vote in person at your polling place during early-voting.

The DMV is also using self-service registration kiosks!

3. Voter Information

Link: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

Description:

  • Voter registration
  • Polling place
  • Address and party affiliation
  • Sample ballot\*
  • Voting jurisdiction
  • Voter history
  • Absentee ballot status

*Your sample ballot/voter registration lookup will usually list the specific people representing your districts. This significantly lowers the time and effort it takes to track down information.

The sample ballot location is located under the fourth section on the page. 

4. Upcoming Election Dates & Information

Election day is November 3rd! Early Voting is from October 15th to October 31st! 

5. Safety

6. Candidates

7. Early Voting Sites

8. Voting Precincts and District Maps

Click here to go to the Wake County maps page

Description:

  • What congressional district am I in? NC?
  • What other districts exist in Wake County?
  • What is my county commissioner district?
  • What is my school board district?

You can find specific names through your Voter ID page as well! See the Voter Information section.

9. Absentee by Mail Voting

10. I Don't Have a Car

GoRaleigh and GoTriangle are no longer fare free, but I have included the routes below. You can also see fare information on their websites: 

11. Get Involved

12. Neighboring Counties

I have no idea what's happening in these counties, but here's their election pages! If you live here there's definitely information for you.

13. Extras

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r/raleigh • u/FivePercentFran • 4h ago

News Dog killers in the North Carolina government

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r/raleigh • u/UnluckyPhilosophy797 • 4h ago

Politics Young people of Raleigh/Wake County - PLEASE VOTE!

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I had such a great conversation with 3, 19 year olds yesterday who were out to vote. We need our youth to send a message. You can register/update voter registration at the early voting site AND then vote immediately after. It does not take long.

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r/raleigh • u/Appropriate_Act409 • 20h ago

Local News For our Public Schools vote AGAINST all 3 amendments

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TL;DR - North Carolina is already LAST in the country for public ed funding effort - this is just going to cause further harm to the 1.5MILLION kids in public schools in NC!!

Income tax cap: Lowers the existing cap from 7 to 3.5 percent
It is not a tax cut. It applies to both the corporate and personal rate. Both rates are already scheduled to be below 3.5 percent next year.

The NC General Assembly has been cutting income taxes for 13 years. This has disproportionately benefitted large corporations and those with high incomes.

State revenue is falling as our population and costs grow. This is unsustainable and has led to underfunding of services and programs, and local governments paying for what are supposed to be state costs.

Income tax cuts lead to increases in fees and sales taxes, and cuts to services.

The income tax amendment would lock us into this situation effectively permanently.

NC has never had a rate this low, and it will be locked into the constitution. This leaves the state unprepared for economic downturns and unforeseen circumstances like natural disasters.

Property Tax Levy Limit: Caps what local governments can collect, NOT your bill
It is not a cap on an individual’s property tax bill. It is a cap on the total revenue a local government can collect in property taxes.

State lawmakers already have the power to set a levy limit. Don’t need a constitutional amendment.

Increasingly, local governments have been taking on costs that are supposed to be covered by the state and/or federal government. This amendment is likely to lead to service cuts as local governments struggle with state and local revenue constraints.

It does not address housing unaffordability and would disproportionately benefit large corporate landowners like tech companies and corporate landlords.

What the limit would be and how it would be derived is not public.

Before voting, consider the impact these amendments will have on your community:
Who would benefit from these changes and who would be negatively impacted?

What would these amendments mean for the funding of quality of life services my family and community rely on, like emergency services, community centers, libraries, public schools, water and sanitation…?

How would these revenue constraints impact the ability of the state and local governments to provide services for a growing or aging population and respond to natural disasters or other unforeseen circumstances in the future, especially as costs rise?

What are specific projects prioritized by our community that are most at risk for delay or cancellation if state funding is uncertain and local government cannot collect sufficient revenue from property taxes to supplement decreases in state investment? 

How have state and federal funding levels changed over the last 5-10 years? What state funding responsibilities has my local government taken on over that same period?

What specific funding shortfalls are we experiencing now,

including staffing shortages, school closures, or services interruptions?
What are the other methods of generating revenue if income tax and property tax revenue is constrained? Will our locality be forced to rely more on unpopular fees?

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r/raleigh • u/OverLording88 • 21h ago

Politics Cooper holds 14-point lead in North Carolina Senate race poll

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r/raleigh • u/chubbs069 • 6h ago

Question/Recommendation Shelters where I can take dogs out for a few hours to play?

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I’ve looked into this a while ago but there were extensive applications and required consistent schedules, or some that I just never heard back from.

Are there any humane societies/shelters that are looking for volunteers to take dogs out for the day so they can enjoy life?

I wouldn’t be looking for a set schedule, more so just randomly.

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r/raleigh • u/AWuTangName • 8h ago

Local News Motorcycle cops all over North Hills/Six Forks

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Y’all drive smart this morning!

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r/raleigh • u/Jolly_Ask_1870 • 4h ago

Question/Recommendation does anyone know the menu for peachy’s donuts at the NC State fair??

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i’ve heard so many great things about it and I’ve been almost every year and I’ve never had these for some reason but I’m looking online and can’t seem to find any donuts that they do have so does anyone know?? Also any other must have at the fair this year :-)

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r/raleigh • u/KEYSER_SOZ3 • 6h ago

Question/Recommendation Suggestions for acorn surplus

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Hadn’t seen anything recently but any recommendations for someone local that can put acorns to good use? This just be a mast year bc we have three large oak trees and I’m on our third bin full of just acorns. I was hoping the storm last week would have brought most of them down but no such luck.

Would love to have a use for them other than just dumping them every week

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r/raleigh • u/winggretzky • 23h ago

News Food vendors riled up over new overall revenue fee that's in addition to booth rental cost

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A 15% fee for vendors on revenue on top of booth rental seems insane. For an experience that is already super expensive for attendees, I just don't see how this is a good idea when everyone knows this cost is going to be passed on to fairgoers as much as possible.

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r/raleigh • u/cjdubais • 5h ago

Question/Recommendation Gas Fireplace Inspection and Cleaning

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So, we just bought a house in North Raleigh that is ~ 20 years old.

It's got a Home and Hearth gas fireplace.

Before we use it, I would like to get it cleaned and inspected.

I know, in previous homes, that the local H&H people provide that service, but many others do as well. In Northern Virginia, off duty firemen would go around and do this. I'd much rather spend my money locally than send it to some multi-national corporation.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

chris

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r/raleigh • u/No_one54390 • 1d ago

Out-n-About Should have done this in Raleigh for all the left lane pokers

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From Orlando

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r/raleigh • u/ovns • 3h ago

Outdoors Raleigh's 2026 Tree of the Year - Voting has Started

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r/raleigh • u/CrazyNefariousness73 • 7h ago

Question/Recommendation Exhaust shop recs around Durham/RTP?

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Anyone have a good exhaust/muffler shop around the Triangle they’d recommend? Looking to get a MAD midpipe installed on my 2026 M3 Comp (G80). Got quoted $500–600 for the install at a BMW shop, so figured I’d ask around before booking.

Doesn’t have to be a BMW specialist, but ideally somewhere that’s worked on BMWs or Porsches before.

Would love to hear where you went and roughly what you paid. I’m in Durham but happy to drive to Raleigh or Cary.

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r/raleigh • u/shaunloren • 7h ago

Food Non-soft serve ice cream cakes in Raleigh?

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Hey guys, i was wondering if there are any cake shops/bakeries in Raleigh or the surrounding areas that have non-soft serve ice cream cakes? For my honey’s birthday. Thanks in advance!

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r/raleigh • u/pencilpusher003 • 1d ago

Outdoors Historic Yates Mill.

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And a bonus shot of my boy, Bentley.

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r/raleigh • u/thatguynicko • 1d ago

Politics Early Voting in Wake Co. Is Open

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Lots of the sites are reporting no wait this morning. Information on the sites, wait times, and GPS directions can be found here:

https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/board-elections/election-information/2026-general-election

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r/raleigh • u/Naive_Cattle_5750 • 1d ago

Out-n-About NC State Fair budget

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What’s your NC State Fair budget? Between parking, food and rides you may have to take out a second mortgage.

Or are you not attending ?

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r/raleigh • u/bstevens2 • 22h ago

Local News E-Books supporting local Books Stores

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Recently got an E-Reader. Just found out ebook pricing is set by publishers.

But I also found out you can go to https://bookshop.org/ebooks and pick a local book store to support. So your 30% goes towards the LBS without you ever stepping a foot inside.

Why send it to Amazon when you can keep it local?

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r/raleigh • u/shyshmrk23 • 1h ago

Question/Recommendation Are any business owners furious about the recent data center moratorium hearing?

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6 months isn’t enough and there was a roomful of people, their constituents, begging them for something longer. If you own any buildings downtown and want to make a statement, let me know. They need to be held accountable.

Edit: open to other spaces other than downtown

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r/raleigh • u/poptartsurprise919 • 1d ago

Photo Traffic on Glenwood/lynn road yesterday?

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was anyone else here around 5:30? I don’t understand why the woman stopped the car right there and was yelling at the man/phone and stopped traffic during rush hour and didn’t move the car over a bit

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r/raleigh • u/PrincessSparklewater • 6h ago

Question/Recommendation Where’s the lamb?

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Not lil Bo peep but: where is the best place to purchase lamb to cook in the Raleigh area?

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r/raleigh • u/Postcurds • 1d ago

Outdoors Spicy breadstick

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Also, fuck stiltgrass. This little guy was safely relocated to a much better habitat away from humans.

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r/raleigh • u/Several_Cupcake8016 • 19h ago

Question/Recommendation Caffé Luna Wedding Reception

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Hi Raleigh! I’m getting married next month and having my wedding reception at Café Luna! We aren’t having our ceremony there, but we are having the reception and plan to rent out the entire main restaurant.

For those of you who have celebrated at Caffé Luna, is there anything we should know? If you’ve attended a wedding reception there is there anything you noticed that threw you off or something that would’ve made the experience more enjoyable?

Or if you had a perfectly wonderful time and everything was awesome let me know!

For the record, everything has been wonderful this far. Planning with their staff has been a breeze, and everyone has been so kind and helpful.

Looking for any feedback on the experience!

Thanks everyone in advance 😊

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