Early in-person voting in North Carolina exceeds 2020 total

Early in-person voting in North Carolina ends on Saturday, but the number of people who’ve cast ballots by this method already has exceeded the total from four years ago, according to the State Board of Elections.

For the fall 2020 elections, a record 3.63 million people voted during the 17-day early-voting period at hundreds of sites in all 100 counties. This year, the state exceeded that total by late Thursday, with 3.71 million people casting early in-person ballots as of early Friday, said board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell.