In Dare County, nearly 16,000 ballots were cast ahead of early voting on Saturday.

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com

About 25,000 ballots were cast in the three Outer Banks counties, matching the pace set four years ago ahead of early voting, which ends Saturday at 3 p.m.

So far, more than 3.6 million ballots have been cast statewide in person or by mail, representing more than 46 percent of the state’s registered voters.

In-person early voting in North Carolina for this general election is expected to exceed 2020’s record turnout.

There were 15,869 ballots cast in Dare County, according to statistics released by the State Board of Elections Thursday morning.

Of this total, 14,879 votes were cast in person, 856 by civilian mail, 96 by foreign voters and 38 by military voters.

Currituck County reported 8,137 ballots, including 7,656 in person, 430 civilian mail, 35 military and 16 overseas.

In Hyde County, 972 votes were cast, including 919 in person, 47 by mail by civilians, four by overseas voters and two by military personnel.

The vast majority of Hyde’s early in-person votes were cast over two days last week on Ocracoke Island.

Elsewhere in the region, Pasquotank County has 12,109 registered ballots; Chowan 4878; Perkimany 4395; Washington Company 3611; Camden 3484; Gate 3029; and Tyrrell 879.

Of the 3,622,810 ballots reported Wednesday in North Carolina, 3,431,733 were early in-person votes, 169,460 were from civilians by mail, 16,281 were from overseas registered voters and 5,336 from military personnel.

During the 14th day of early voting for the November 2020 election, 3,200,004 personal, 862,825 civilian mail, 13,428 overseas and 7,711 military ballots were recorded.

The 2020 election was held during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a significant increase in mail-in voting.

Absentee voting began later in 2024 due to a court ruling requiring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name to be removed from the ballot.

In-person early voting in North Carolina runs until Saturday, November 2 at 3:00 p.m., and absentee ballots must be received at county election officials’ offices by Tuesday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Early voting sites in Dare County are located at the Dare County Administration Building, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo; Kill Devil Hills Town Hall, 102 Town Hall Drive, Kill Devil Hills; and Fessenden Center Annex, 47017 Buxton Back Road, Buxton.

Early voting hours in Dare County are weekdays from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm and Saturday, November 2nd from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.

In Currituck County, early voting will be available at the Board of Elections office at 2795 Caratoke Hwy, Currituck, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hyde County voters can vote early at the Board of Elections office at 1223 Main Street, Swan Quarter, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, November 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

To find early voting sites and schedules in your county, visit the Early Voting Site Search section.

Click on the link below to view lists of candidates and initiative ballots and/or sample ballots for:

For all North Carolina counties, you can find your sample ballot by entering your information into the state’s voter search database and going to the “Your Sample Ballot” section.