Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election. State officials reported Sunday.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections says 1,008,123 votes have already been cast for the 2024 election, including 916,433 in-person early votes, 77,831 civilian absentee ballots, and military or overseas absentee ballots. announced that there were nearly 14,000 votes.
Turnout represented about 13% of North Carolina's 7.8 million registered voters, according to the commission.
“We are extremely grateful to our county election boards and the thousands of election workers across the state who made this possible,” Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections, said in a statement. “It’s been an incredibly busy few days, and we want to thank everyone in our community for making sure your vote counts.”
Last month, the North Carolina State Board of Elections became the center of a lawsuit from Republicans targeting the use of digital IDs for voting. A state judge dismissed the case, arguing that the law at issue did not prohibit the use of these identification documents.
After former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s lawsuit was won, officials were asked to reprint ballots to remove him from the ballot. , the state's distribution of ballots was also delayed.
The Tar Heel State joins Georgia in recently announcing that 1 million voters cast early votes, breaking state turnout records.
According to Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters polling averages, North Carolina remains a closely contested state for president, with Vice President Harris trailing former President Trump by 0.7 percentage points.
