In just four days of early in-person voting, more than one million votes have already been cast in North Carolina, representing about 13% of the state’s 7.8 million registered voters, according to preliminary data from the Board North Carolina State Elections.
So far, 1,008,123 ballots have been cast in this year’s general election. This total includes votes cast through different voting methods, broken down as follows:
- Early voting in person: 916,433
- Vote by mail (civilians): 77,832
- Vote by mail (abroad): 11,168
- Vote by mail (military): 2,691
The State Board of Elections has noted that these numbers are slightly lower than actual turnout, because there is a delay between the time a ballot is cast and when county boards of elections upload the information to the state database. .
Early voting in Charlotte and Mecklenburg
As of Saturday, October 19, after three days of early voting, 90,883 people have cast their ballots in Mecklenburg County. This is the overall total on record, including 227 ballots, which are in status: “cancelled,” “conflicted,” “pending,” and “void,” according to data compiled by Lenin Carocultural anthropologist at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte.
Of them, 3,165 are Latino, which represents 3.5% of all voters; 10 of those ballots cast by Latinos have an undetermined status.
Of these Latino voters:
By gender
- Women: 1,716
- Men: 1,398
- Undefined: 51
Age range (in years)
- 18 – 29: 675
- 30 – 49: 1,073
- 50 – 64: 845
- 65+: 572
Registered party
- Democrat: 1,530
- Republican: 476
- Other: 27
- Unaffiliated: 1132
Record participation of votes in North Carolina
Both campaigns are focusing intensely on North Carolina, as early voting continues and voters show up in record numbers. The state continues to face logistical challenges following Hurricane Helene, but voter turnout remains strong.
Last Thursday, voters in North Carolina broke the turnout record on the first day of early voting with 353,166 ballots cast. As of Saturday, nearly 863,000 voters had voted in person, representing a 2.4% increase compared to 2020.
Early in-person voting will be open until November 2. Voting sites and hours vary by county and can be found in the state’s early voting site finder tool by visiting:
