The vote is Tuesday, June 23, 2026 — four days before Homecoming begins. Request your absentee ballot now → · Deadline: Must be received in the PO Box by 5PM on May 22
Absentee Ballot
Tens of thousands of Lumbee members live outside Robeson, Hoke, Scotland and Cumberland Counties. Your vote counts just as much. Here is how to request an absentee ballot for the gaming amendment vote.
Time Sensitive
⚠️ Deadline: Absentee Ballot Application must be received by mail by 5:00 PM on May 22, 2026
The absentee ballot application must be received by mail by 5:00 PM on May 22, 2026. Do not wait — applications received after this deadline will not be accepted.
Once you receive your ballot, it must be received by June 22, 2026 by 5:00 PM — the day before the vote. Plan for mailing time in both directions.
All applications must be mailed. No drop-offs, emails or faxes accepted.
Any enrolled Lumbee tribal member who is 18 years of age or older and in good standing is eligible to vote — whether you live in Robeson County, elsewhere in North Carolina, or anywhere in the country. You do not need to travel to Homecoming. The Lumbee Tribe Elections Board issues absentee ballots for members living outside the tribal territory.
Absentee ballots are mailed to the address on file with the tribe's enrollment office. If you have moved and not updated your address, your ballot will go to the wrong place. Do this first. Contact the Lumbee Tribe Enrollment Office at lumbeetribe.com/tribalenrollment or call 910.521.7861.
⚠️ Go in person if at all possible — do not use the online portal.
We have heard that the online portal is backed up with hundreds of updates waiting to be processed. An in-person update is the only way to be certain your address is current before the ballot is mailed.
We have the official application here — download it, print it out, and complete it. All 3 pages must be submitted together.
⬇ Download Absentee Ballot Application (PDF)⚠️ Critical — Applications must be mailed
Mail your completed application to:
Lumbee Tribe Elections Board
PO Box 1799
Pembroke, NC 28372
Applications cannot be dropped off, emailed or faxed. They must be mailed. Allow adequate time for delivery — the Absentee Ballot Application must be received in the PO Box by 5:00 PM on May 22, 2026. Do not wait until the last day.
Fill out the application completely with your name, enrollment number and current mailing address. Submit it to the Elections Board by mail only — no drop-offs, emails or faxes accepted. Mail to: PO Box 1799, Pembroke, NC 28372. An incomplete application may be rejected. Contact information is below.
The Elections Board will mail your ballot after approving your application. Follow all instructions exactly when completing and returning it.
Return deadline
Your completed ballot must be received by June 22, 2026 by 5:00 PM — the day before the vote.
Do not wait until the last day. Allow at least 5–7 business days for return mail. When in doubt, mail it early.
Check the Elections Board page for the specific deadline
Confirmed deadlines
Request deadline
May 22, 2026 by 5:00 PM
Application must be received by mail by the Elections Board
Return deadline
June 22, 2026 by 5:00 PM
Completed ballot must be received
Mail applications to: PO Box 1799, Pembroke, NC 28372 — no drop-offs, emails or faxes accepted.
This is a constitutional amendment election
This vote is being conducted by the Lumbee Tribe Elections Board as a special election under Article XIII of the Lumbee Constitution. Contact the Elections Board directly with any questions about absentee ballot eligibility specific to this vote.
Do not wait
Processing and mailing an absentee ballot takes time. If you wait until the week before the vote you may not receive your ballot in time to return it. Request your ballot as early as possible — ideally four to six weeks before the vote date.
Thousands of Lumbee people live in Baltimore, Detroit, Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and across the country. Many left Robeson County for economic opportunity — the same economic opportunity that gaming on I-95 could one day provide. This vote is about your future as much as anyone else's. A constitutional amendment that passes on June 23 is binding on all 67,500 enrolled members — not just those who were in Lumbee territory that day.
Lumbees United for Accountability is not an anti-gaming coalition. Our members hold a range of views on gaming. What unites us is this: the Lumbee people should decide — and if gaming eventually passes, revenues must be directed to tribal services for members — healthcare, education, housing, infrastructure and elder care — not to outsiders, insiders or Wyoming shell companies. One man should not negotiate the contracts, appoint the gaming board, and the oversight board, confirmed by a council that voted 17-2 in his favor. That is not oversight. That is concentration of power. Vote NO. Demand Better!! The Lumbee people deserve a referendum or better amendment.
Lumbees United for Accountability is not an anti-gaming coalition. Our members hold a range of views on gaming. What unites us is this:
The Lumbee people deserve a referendum or better amendment on gaming — with real oversight and real transparency and a real balance of power, not the currently proposed concentration of power.
Voting NO does not stop gaming. It forces a referendum or a better amendment — one with independent oversight, transparent revenue reporting, and a balance of power.
If gaming eventually passes, revenues must be directed to tribal services for members — healthcare, education, housing, infrastructure and elder care — not to outsiders, insiders or a Wyoming shell company.
Vote NO. Demand Better!!