In-person and mail-in absentee ballots in North Carolina are outpacing 2018 midterm election numbers despite having one fewer day in the early voting cycle.
Mecklenburg County, meanwhile, is quickly approaching 100,000 early votes cast in person with the bulk of early voters expected to hit the polls this week, Mecklenburg Elections Director Michael Dickerson said. While that’s fewer early voters than the same time in 2018, Dickerson said he expects turnout to increase over the next week
“We’re on schedule for 50% (of registered voter) turnout,” Dickerson said. “Hopefully that will work out, but I am the eternal optimist.”
