Through Monday October 19 NC had 154,271 mail absentee ballot applications, successfully voted 44,166 (28.6%), spoiled due to voter doing in-person early voting and discarding mail ballot 5,241 (3.4%)
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
📬 TODAY is the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the 2026 General Election!
⏰ Deadline: 5 p.m. TODAY (October 20)
Visit ReadyToVote.com and select “Absentee Info” to learn more and request your ballot! Or go to: ow.ly/yRVj50ZZju7
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Wake County NC has 95,907 votes cast through Monday, Oct 19: 87,762 in-person early and 8,145 by mail. The top 5 early voting sites in Wake County (see image) are also the top 5 early voting sites in the entire state! Wake should hit 100,000 total votes cast by 11 am today, and 100,000 in-person early votes by mid-afternoon.
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733,299 NC votes cast thru Mon 10/19, 689,133 in-person early (EV), 44,166 by mail. (EV up 47.67% from first 5 days in 2022). 3,818 same day registrations. Images top 15 counties, voter party, race, daily EV comparison with 2022. #ncpol
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Wake Co N.C. early voting Mon 10/19 21,776 votes cast, up 73.7% from same day in 2022. 5-day cumulative total 87,762. 157 same-day registrations Monday, cumulative total 555. Lots of data in images. #ncpol
3,860 early votes cast in Orange Co NC Mon 10/19, up 53.7% from same day in 2022, five-day cumulative total 16,882. #ncpol
early voting advice for weekdays this week (lines will get longer week of Oct 26) - based on Wake and Durham hourly voter check-ins in images, shortest lines will be 4pm to 7:30 pm or at 8 am. Longest lines 10am-3pm (times when voter checked-in, not when they got in line) #ncpol
Thru Sunday Oct 19 NC had 148,267 absentee mail ballots applied for, 40,429 (27.3%) successfully voted, and 3,885 (2.6%) spoiled when the voter chose to vote in-person early and discarded their absentee ballot. Ballots due 7:30 pm Nov 3 #ncpol
NOTE: NC absentee ballot request deadline (5 pm tomorrow Oct 20) is 7 days earlier relative to election than past elections. IMHO a good change as old request deadline what with USPS delays was unrealistic for voters. Can apply online. DETAILS: ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail #ncpol
Gerry Cohen retweeted
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At Vote Tracker, county election boards have accepted 525,970 ballots for the Nov 3 elections. It was 383,029 at the same point in 2022 and 454,337 in 2018*.
Party split:
D: 45.7% (+0.3 points from yesterday's report)
R: 19.6% (-0.5)
U: 34.6% (+0.2)
Data link below
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
🚨 NC EARLY VOTE: DAY 4 — SUNDAY, OCT. 18
24,257 voters recorded Sunday (IPEV + Mail).
Sunday’s party breakdown:
🔵 DEM: 12,605 (52.0%)
🔴 REP: 2,163 (8.9%)
⚪ UNA: 9,431 (38.9%)
Other: 58 (0.2%)
📊 TOTAL VOTED SO FAR:
🔵 DEM: 222,614 (45.8%)
🔴 REP: 95,845 (19.7%)
⚪ UNA: 166,072 (34.2%)
Other: 1,000 (0.2%)
🗳️ TOTAL: 485,531
Early voting in N.C. Mon-Fri this week (Oct 19-23) continues with the same 368 sites and hours as last Thurs and Fri. An extra site opens for a 2-day run on Ocracoke Island in Hyde County this Thurs-Fri Oct 22-23.
Early voting site search: vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/ #ncpol
If you plan to vote by mail in N.C. the absentee request deadline is TOMORROW, Tues Oct 20 at 5 pm. Voters can apply online, details at ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail ONLINE absentee request portal votebymail.ncsbe.gov/app/hom… #ncpol
As of Oct 19 NC election deadlines:
absentee request deadline TOMORROW 5 pm Tues Oct 20
12 days until early vote ends 3 pm Sat Oct 31
15 days until election day, polls open 6:30 am Tue Nov 3. Absentee ballots due 7:30 pm Nov 3
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525,970 votes cast in NC thru 10/18 (485,531 in-person early (EV), 40,439 mail). EV up 59.2% from same point in 2022. Sunday 10/18 EV up 19.7% from same Sunday in 2022 DESPITE number of counties cut from 23 to 7. Images top 15 counties, voter party, race, daily comparisons #ncpol
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
Early & Mail voting update for #ncpol (10/18/26)
🗳️~501K ballots have been accepted through 10/17 (~6.3 % of the reg. voters in the state)
🗳️ 92% of all votes cast in person
🗳️ Mail voting is down, but in person early voting (the much bigger share) is up, so turnout is up
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Wake Co N.C. Sun Oct 18 9,860 early votes cast, up 71% from same day in 2022 midterms, 4-day cumulative total 65,984. Images voter party, turnout by site, comparison w/prior elections, votes per hour.
Party:
Dem 46.9%
GOP 11.9%
unaffiliated 41.0%
Libertarian 0.2%
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Orange County NC early voting Sun Oct 18 2,014 votes cast, up 85% from same day in 2022 mid-term. 4-day cumulative total 13,022. #ncpol
REMINDER: same as election day, anyone IN LINE at an NC early voting site at closing time will be allowed to vote. That’s IN LINE, not just searching for a parking space. If you come earlier in the day and line is too long, come back 30 minutes before poll close. #ncpol