If your status is inactive, can you vote on Election Day?
The polls opened in North Carolina at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, with an expectation that as many as five million people will ignore heavy rain and potential crowds to cast votes.
Early Tuesday, there were questions about whether many of the voters were properly registered.
The most searched question in the Charlotte area was "inactive voter status."The site said that it was the top search in Raleigh.
According to Fox News, inactive voters are those who have not cast a ballot in two straight federal elections and failed to return repeated post cards from election officials seeking to verify voters' addresses.
The site says that if an inactive voter presents to vote, they will be asked to update their address with the board of elections.If an inactive voter remains in this status for another two federal election cycles, then the voter will be removed as a voter in the county.
The second most searched question is the state's policy on provisional voting, which is offered to people who have unresolved eligibility questions.
The state board says that a citizen is guaranteed the opportunity to cast a ballot, but that is held aside pending research into the issue.
According to the Associated Press, early voting in recent weeks revealed a wide variety of concerns with voting and registration systems around the country, from machines that changed voter selections to registration forms tossed out because of clerical errors.