North Carolina shatters day 1 early voting record with 353,166 votes cast

[Elim Garak]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Following Georgia’s lead, North Carolina also saw a strong voter turnout for day one of early voting.

Georgia voters kicked off the early, in-person voting period in record-breaking fashion with more than 310,000 votes cast on Tuesday, the state’s first day of early voting.

On Thursday, in North Carolina, day one amounted to 353,166 early voting ballots cast. This is the largest-ever turnout in the history of first-day early voting in the state.


Total ballots tallied in N.C. through end-of-day Thursday were 428,299 when combining early votes with the 75,133 absentee ballots already returned.

The amount of early voting ballots cast on Thursday is more than double the voter turnout N.C. saw on day one of early voting for the 2016 General Election when about 166,000 ballots were cast statewide, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections.

The 2024 early voting turnout tops the previous North Carolina record set in 2020 when just over 348,000 ballots were cast across the state on the first day of early voting, NCSBE data shows.


On Friday, lines continue to form at early voting sites in Wake County. Some told CBS 17 they had been waiting an hour.

“I knew who I wanted to vote for and I wanted to get it done,” said Janice Hunsinger, one of the many voters in the queue.

Another in the line said the long lines bring him hope.

“This is a country-changing voting time, it’s very different than any other time,” said Scott Perrill, another in the line.

You can keep track of the latest, updated NC voter turnout numbers here.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/350000-votes-cast-on-day-1-of-early-voting-in-north-carolina/

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Great hopefully more states follow suit.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Doesn't mean much

 

[Elim Garak]

Doesn't mean much

It definitely does lol.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Get out and vote














For the candidate I want to win

 

[Canada Goose]

GOAT state in the south.


Hopefully most of them are voting for Kamala.

 

[MajesticLion]

The where, who and how of the cheating comes later.

 

[PHamm]

GOAT state in the south.


Hopefully most of them are voting for Kamala.

Is NC the South?

 

[Elim Garak]

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[Elim Garak]

If anyone wants the breakdowns here are the numbers.

https://dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=Press/2024%20General/NC%20Absentee%20Stats%20for%202024%20General/

 

[jadillac]

Is NC the South?

What? Of course it's the south. It doesn't become debatable until Virginia

 

[RickyDiBiase]

What? Of course it's the south. It doesn't become debatable until Virginia

Virginia is absolutely the south until you get close to D.C.

 

[Canada Goose]

Is NC the South?

To New Yorkers, yes.


My family when talking about NC they always referred to it as "down south".


When driving down 95 from to NY to NC the south officially starts once you reach Richmond VA. The South/Northeast border is in Virginia.

 

[horizon]

Get out and vote

For the candidate I want to win

Well... yeah.

 

[Doobie Doo]

What? Of course it's the south. It doesn't become debatable until Virginia

The Mason Dixon Line is in MD so Maryland is the South and no, nobody thinks Maryland is the South culturally but pretending it's the North it's disrespectful to the slaves who were in Maryland (Harriet Tubman/Frederick Douglass).