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Early voting in North Carolina

Ballots returned by mail and cast in person in North Carolina, as the state reports them. Who is running in North Carolina →

Early vote in North Carolina

Ballots cast so far2,828,284as of Nov 3

Democratic 38.4%Republican 26.1%Other or unaffiliated 35.5%

Democratic registrants aheadD +12.3

Among the 2,828,284 ballots whose voter’s party is known. This is who is registered with each party, not how anyone voted.

Mail ballots returned: 100,019
In-person early votes: 2,728,265
Mail ballots requested: 168,648

Counts as of November 3, 2026, from civicAPI (opens in a new tab), which collects them from state election offices. Party is the voter’s registration, never how they voted, and many states report none.

What the state reportsAs of Nov 3, 2026

Count	Ballots	As of	Lean
Mail ballots returned	100,019	Nov 3	D +21.6
In-person early votes	2,728,265	Nov 3	D +11.9
Mail ballots requested	168,648	Nov 3	D +21.3

Mail ballots requested are not votes. Ballots cast is mail ballots returned plus in-person early votes. A category the state does not collect is shown as not reported, not as zero.

Day by dayDays before election day

Point to read a day. Drag across the chart to see a period’s change.

Latest: Election day

Earlier years are lined up by days before their own election day. civicAPI keeps only 2 earlier elections for North Carolina, and a line that counts only mail ballots is not comparable with today’s total.

The numbers behind the chart

Day	Cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Nov 3, 2026	2,828,284	100,019	2,728,265	168,648
Nov 2, 2026	2,819,921	93,597	2,726,324	167,891
Nov 1, 2026	2,816,820	92,396	2,724,424	167,669
Oct 31, 2026	2,612,249	87,630	2,524,619	167,332
Oct 30, 2026	2,353,233	82,018	2,271,215	166,681
Oct 29, 2026	2,150,024	76,557	2,073,467	165,953
Oct 28, 2026	1,961,167	70,776	1,890,391	165,290
Oct 27, 2026	1,773,889	65,841	1,708,048	164,597
Oct 26, 2026	1,583,181	60,046	1,523,135	163,809
Oct 25, 2026	1,544,673	59,845	1,484,828	163,737
Oct 24, 2026	1,453,516	58,392	1,395,124	163,565
Oct 23, 2026	1,269,919	54,888	1,215,031	162,901
Oct 22, 2026	1,101,321	51,096	1,050,225	162,353
Oct 21, 2026	924,160	47,183	876,977	160,156
Oct 20, 2026	733,299	44,166	689,133	154,395
Oct 19, 2026	525,970	40,439	485,531	148,387
Oct 18, 2026	501,321	40,273	461,048	147,723
Oct 17, 2026	437,217	38,636	398,581	146,431
Oct 16, 2026	237,541	35,932	201,609	143,091
Oct 15, 2026	33,448	33,448	n/r	139,667
Oct 14, 2026	31,582	31,582	n/r	136,313
Oct 13, 2026	29,469	29,469	n/r	133,315
Oct 12, 2026	28,304	28,304	n/r	128,525
Oct 11, 2026	28,287	28,287	n/r	128,197
Oct 10, 2026	27,854	27,854	n/r	127,121
Oct 9, 2026	25,612	25,612	n/r	123,917
Oct 8, 2026	24,005	24,005	n/r	120,532
Oct 7, 2026	22,409	22,409	n/r	112,571
Oct 6, 2026	21,175	21,175	n/r	108,426
Oct 5, 2026	18,779	18,779	n/r	103,055
Oct 4, 2026	18,755	18,755	n/r	102,881
Oct 3, 2026	18,745	18,745	n/r	102,812
Oct 2, 2026	17,446	17,446	n/r	100,611
Oct 1, 2026	16,041	16,041	n/r	98,095
Sep 30, 2026	14,672	14,672	n/r	95,987
Sep 29, 2026	13,495	13,495	n/r	93,460
Sep 28, 2026	11,632	11,632	n/r	89,894
Sep 27, 2026	11,625	11,625	n/r	89,848
Sep 26, 2026	11,561	11,561	n/r	89,468
Sep 25, 2026	10,330	10,330	n/r	87,854
Sep 24, 2026	9,286	9,286	n/r	85,699
Sep 23, 2026	8,169	8,169	n/r	83,917
Sep 22, 2026	7,347	7,347	n/r	81,389
Sep 21, 2026	5,541	5,541	n/r	77,203
Sep 20, 2026	5,540	5,540	n/r	77,141
Sep 19, 2026	5,488	5,488	n/r	77,096
Sep 18, 2026	4,670	4,670	n/r	74,545
Sep 17, 2026	3,998	3,998	n/r	71,900
Sep 16, 2026	3,212	3,212	n/r	68,032
Sep 15, 2026	2,480	2,480	n/r	64,789
Sep 14, 2026	1,627	1,627	n/r	61,344
Sep 13, 2026	1,627	1,627	n/r	61,246
Sep 12, 2026	1,622	1,622	n/r	61,206
Sep 11, 2026	1,241	1,241	n/r	59,064
Sep 10, 2026	832	832	n/r	57,147
Sep 9, 2026	294	294	n/r	54,773
Sep 8, 2026	10	10	n/r	49,288
Sep 7, 2026	10	10	n/r	49,159
Sep 6, 2026	10	10	n/r	49,152
Sep 5, 2026	10	10	n/r	49,137
Sep 4, 2026	0	n/r	n/r	46,678

Who has votedAs the state reports them

Age

Age	Mail ballots requested
Age 18 - 25	23,90114.2%
Age 26 - 40	27,07816.1%
Age 41 - 65	46,44327.5%
Age Over 65	71,22642.2%

Gender

Gender	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
Female	52,74652.7%	1,448,99053.1%	89,65353.2%
Male	39,24439.2%	1,123,80441.2%	64,56138.3%
Undesignated	8,0308.0%	155,4715.7%	14,4348.6%

Race

Race	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
White	71,51371.5%	1,804,10266.1%	116,89969.3%
Black	11,23011.2%	588,02121.6%	21,27712.6%
Asian	3,0383.0%	45,2641.7%	5,2743.1%
Indian American/Alaska Native	2580.3%	12,6150.5%	5240.3%
Two or More	4990.5%	10,8100.4%	8350.5%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	40.0%	2780.0%	120.0%
Undesignated	10,29310.3%	171,9836.3%	17,75510.5%
Other	3,1853.2%	95,1923.5%	6,0723.6%

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Mail ballots returned	In-person early votes	Mail ballots requested
Not Hispanic/Latino	63,73863.7%	1,886,40469.1%	104,67762.1%
Hispanic/Latino	2,6222.6%	94,4983.5%	4,9502.9%
Undesignated	33,66033.7%	747,36327.4%	59,02135.0%

Percentages are of the ballots in that count whose voter has a value for it. Registration records are incomplete, so these sums can be a little under the totals above.

By county100 areas · most ballots first

D +12 or more
D +6 to 12
D +3 to 6
D +1 to 3
Even, within 1 point
R +1 to 3
R +3 to 6
R +6 to 12
R +12 or more
Party not reported
No count

County or area	Ballots cast	Mail returned	In person	Mail requested
Wake	352,211	18,121	334,090	29,216
Mecklenburg	300,466	12,246	288,220	21,985
Guilford	145,652	4,311	141,341	7,377
Durham	116,887	4,062	112,825	6,913
Forsyth	108,516	4,332	104,184	7,556
Buncombe	101,209	4,183	97,026	7,024
New Hanover	69,924	2,690	67,234	4,995
Union	67,810	1,943	65,867	3,549
Brunswick	62,606	2,561	60,045	4,521
Cumberland	61,851	1,895	59,956	3,751
Johnston	56,037	1,756	54,281	3,024
Orange	55,574	2,855	52,719	4,375
Gaston	55,053	1,615	53,438	2,804
Cabarrus	52,984	2,335	50,649	3,742
Iredell	48,843	1,847	46,996	2,959
Alamance	45,907	1,519	44,388	2,427
Pitt	41,577	783	40,794	1,459
Henderson	41,261	1,801	39,460	2,910
Catawba	40,655	1,211	39,444	1,938
Davidson	37,956	1,411	36,545	2,107
Chatham	34,006	1,530	32,476	2,368
Onslow	32,453	1,098	31,355	2,206
Randolph	30,423	806	29,617	1,324
Harnett	29,975	1,125	28,850	1,846
Rowan	29,489	918	28,571	1,506
Nash	28,733	509	28,224	844
Moore	28,529	1,523	27,006	2,325
Craven	28,477	995	27,482	1,574
Wayne	27,078	561	26,517	984
Lincoln	25,848	649	25,199	1,081
Carteret	24,058	652	23,406	1,035
Franklin	23,202	672	22,530	1,075
Rockingham	23,042	380	22,662	695
Cleveland	20,964	551	20,413	827
Burke	20,414	524	19,890	851
Haywood	19,125	635	18,490	956
Wilson	18,825	423	18,402	718
Caldwell	18,771	443	18,328	723
Granville	18,369	412	17,957	676
Pender	17,286	529	16,757	918
Robeson	16,950	224	16,726	459
Watauga	16,773	583	16,190	893
Surry	16,139	537	15,602	843
Lee	14,606	441	14,165	722
Stanly	13,901	378	13,523	610
Rutherford	13,614	359	13,255	634
Lenoir	13,236	302	12,934	459
Beaufort	13,000	250	12,750	420
Dare	12,678	462	12,216	776
Edgecombe	12,345	134	12,211	270
Wilkes	11,509	447	11,062	657
Davie	11,477	336	11,141	533
Jackson	11,446	331	11,115	558
Transylvania	11,319	427	10,892	633
Halifax	11,105	189	10,916	313
Hoke	11,101	166	10,935	425
Macon	11,047	404	10,643	670
McDowell	10,873	237	10,636	427
Sampson	10,546	181	10,365	352
Person	10,376	247	10,129	373
Vance	10,219	198	10,021	355
Stokes	10,145	265	9,880	453
Columbus	9,874	217	9,657	336
Pasquotank	9,809	238	9,571	481
Duplin	9,002	192	8,810	385
Alexander	8,652	123	8,529	222
Richmond	8,276	95	8,181	207
Scotland	7,257	147	7,110	241
Polk	7,230	241	6,989	356
Bladen	7,123	141	6,982	242
Madison	7,021	168	6,853	309
Cherokee	6,985	253	6,732	373
Ashe	6,921	190	6,731	336
Yadkin	6,900	208	6,692	353
Yancey	5,873	201	5,672	320
Currituck	5,830	243	5,587	372
Martin	5,234	98	5,136	152
Warren	5,103	123	4,980	186
Caswell	5,089	115	4,974	185
Montgomery	4,916	128	4,788	203
Hertford	4,636	58	4,578	141
Anson	4,468	49	4,419	116
Bertie	4,231	48	4,183	93
Northampton	4,215	67	4,148	126
Chowan	4,210	89	4,121	139
Mitchell	4,189	81	4,108	170
Pamlico	4,136	131	4,005	183
Greene	3,899	117	3,782	197
Perquimans	3,756	91	3,665	144
Clay	3,704	85	3,619	146
Swain	3,262	75	3,187	132
Alleghany	3,198	81	3,117	134
Avery	3,165	95	3,070	173
Washington	2,900	39	2,861	62
Camden	2,555	61	2,494	98
Gates	2,292	67	2,225	98
Graham	2,174	74	2,100	94
Jones	2,103	38	2,065	77
Hyde	852	36	816	57
Tyrrell	793	6	787	10

County counts are the newest the state has published and can be a day or more older than the state total above. Some states report by town or another area instead of by county.

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