Early voting started on Thursday, Oct. 18, and this morning’s News & Observer reports that as many as two thirds of the votes will be cast early. One of those voting on the first day in Wake County was Pota Vallas, 104, who has voted in every election since emigrating from Greece in 1924 — just four years after the 19th amendment was passed.
Follow her example!
Key links for those who want to vote early:
- Find the early voting sites in your county (from state Board of Elections)
- Find your districts and sample ballot (from state Board of Elections)
- Find voter guides comparing the candidates:
- Candidate profiles for more than 800 races statewide (from UNC-TV and NC Center for Voter Education) [If there's a problem with that link, go to ncvoterguide.org.]
- Candidate Q&A for more than 80 races, statewide and in the Triangle (from WRAL-TV)
- Judicial and Council of State Voter Guide (from the state Board of Elections and mailed to your home. This covers races as authorized by the legislature.)
For more information and answers to lots of questions, see www.ncelectionconnection.com
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Here’s what we’re hearing about early voting:
In the first week of North Caroilna’s one-stop early voting (Thursday to Thursday),
women were 56.47% of the electorate while men were 43.42%. 0.11% were
of unknown gender.
Single women made up almost as much of the first week’s electorate as
married women.
Married Women: 328,127 (28.82%)
Single Women: 314,887 (27.65%)
Married Men: 312,769 (27.47%)
Single Men: 181,656 (15.95%)
However, the number of married women who have voted represent 23.3% of
the total number of registered married women, while the number of
single women who have voted represent only 18.5% of the total number
of registered single women.
This data includes everyone who’s voted through Thursday night.