North Carolina has broken its early-voting record, with the State Board of Elections announcing that over 4.2 million votes have been cast in early in-person voting. Early voting ended Saturday, with more voters than the 3.63 million four years ago. Including absentee voting, over 4.4 million votes have been cast representing 57% of North Carolina’s registered voters, though there could be a slight discrepancy due to delays in uploading the data. Despite being hit by Hurricane Helene, the 25 western counties had a higher turnout of 58.9%, about 2% higher than the statewide figure. The large early vote was partly due to a push by Republicans for people to vote early.
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Early in-person voting in North Carolina has already outpaced the total from the 2020 fall elections. As of late Thursday, nearly 3.8 million people had cast early in-person ballots, exceeding the previous record of 3.63 million. Including absentee, military, and overseas votes, the total rises to nearly 4.01 million ballots, over 51% of the state’s 7.83 million registered voters. The increase in early voting is partly due to a push by state and national Republicans, despite greater numbers of registered Democrats statewide. North Carolinians will be voting for several statewide positions, including governor and attorney general.
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The latest data suggests that women, who historically outvote men, are dominating early voting in the 2020 US Presidential election. Nationally, around 62 million early votes had been cast by 29 October, with 54% of these ballots cast by women, compared to 44% by men. This trend is replicated across many battleground states, displaying a 10-point gender gap in early voting. It has further been highlighted that the new group of voters expected to decide the election are mainly female registered democrats, poised to favor the Biden-Harris ticket. Since 1980, the number of female votes has consistently surpassed the number of male votes in each presidential election.
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A man who destroyed signs supporting Democratic politicians Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at an early voting site in Raleigh has claimed he was the victim. The man, who was seen on video shouting at other voters, ripping up signs and arguing with people who confronted him, said he believed signs left on government land were litter and he was entitled to remove them. The Democratic coordinator for the early voting site disagreed, while state laws suggest taking or damaging campaign signs can lead to a fine or jail time. Police have not yet said whether they will arrest the man.
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Women are dominating early voting for the 2024 elections in the US, contributing 54% of the more than 58 million mail-in and in-person votes that have been cast, causing concern among Donald Trump’s supporters. In battleground states Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina, the gap is at least 10 points and in Pennsylvania, the largest swing state, women have cast 56% of the votes. It is not known how these women voted, but supporters of Trump fear this trend may sway the election in favor of Vice-President Kamala Harris. Harris has championed abortion rights in her campaign, aiming to appeal to all women, including Republican women dissatisfied with Trump. However, it is uncertain if the rise in female voters will be beneficial exclusively for Harris as Trump has recently encouraged all Republicans to vote early.
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There have been 3.2 million votes cast thus far, according to election data from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office. Raffensperger, both he and Sterling are Republicans, said this is going to be a “tight election” but “it’s going to be a close election in all battleground states” so Georgia voters should expect a long Super Tuesday night. The early voting period ends on Friday, November 1, and with a 45% statewide turnout, there has been a record number of votes cast in Georgia, a crucial battleground state for United States Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. As to be expected, the majority of the votes come from metro Atlanta where the majority of the state’s voters reside, but there have also been record-breaking turnouts in smaller and mid-sized counties up and down the state.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sabotaged early voting in a critical swing state, and the implications of his actions are deeply troubling. The North Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to compel election administrators to destroy nearly 3 million already-printed ballots featuring Kennedy’s name is a blatant disregard for the democratic process. The court’s ruling will delay the distribution of new ballots, unlawfully abridge early voting, and jeopardize the voting rights of service members overseas. This flagrant violation of federal statutes underscores the corruption and manipulation that pervade our electoral system.
It is infuriating to see how Kennedy’s last-minute request for removal, filed after the deadline had passed, has caused significant chaos and confusion in the election process.… Continue reading
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