North Carolina Tops 3 Million Ballots Cast

As of noon Tuesday, nearly 3.2 million voters had cast ballots in the 2024 general election in North Carolina.

Raleigh, N.C.

Oct 29, 2024

As of noon Tuesday, nearly 3.2 million voters had cast ballots in the 2024 general election in North Carolina, a turnout of 40.7 percent of registered voters, according to preliminary State Board of Elections data.

North Carolina has about 7.8 million registered voters.

This turnout total is broken down into the following voting methods:

• In-person early voting: 3,013,104
• Absentee (civilian): 148,223
• Absentee (overseas): 15,364
• Absentee (military): 4,801

Note: These numbers may be slightly lower than the actual turnout, as there is a lag between when a voter casts a ballot and when county boards of elections upload this data to the State Board.

Through the end of the day Monday, more than 2.9 million voters had cast ballots in person during the first 12 days of the early voting period. That's an increase of 11.9 percent over 2020, when more than 2.6 million voters had cast ballots after 12 days of in-person voting. Factoring in increases in registered voters between 2020 and 2024, in-person early voting is up 2.1 percent over 2020.

Access statewide daily PDF turnout reports by demographics, including turnout by voting method, political party, and more.

Additionally, turnout in the 25 Western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene continues to outpace statewide turnout.

Access statewide daily PDF turnout reports by county, and reports for the 25 Western North Carolina counties affected by Helene, with comparisons to 2020 turnout.

In-person early voting runs through Saturday, Nov. 2, and sites and schedules vary by county. Some counties do not offer Sunday voting. To view county-by-county schedules, use the Early Voting Site Search tool.

Related Topics:

• Early voting
• Election results
• Statements
• Vote by mail

Patrick Gannon

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