Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses early voting numbers in North Carolina. Kokai offered these comments during the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
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With early voting closed and Election Day just hours away, North Carolina's unaffiliated voters cast the most early ballots of any group, up more than 100,000 votes over 2020 turnout. "The 2024 electorate looks different from 2020 in important ways, all of which appear to benefit Republicans," said Andy Jackson of the John Locke Foundation.
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Early voting records in North Carolina continue to be broken. During a Friday morning press call, Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), said that voters have cruised past the record set at this time in 2020. As of 2 pm Friday, more than 3,798,000 voters cast their ballots at one of the 420 early voting sites, compared to a total early voter turnout of 3,629,000 in 2020.
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