Nearly 16,000 ballots have been cast in Iredell; six one-stop voting sites across county open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday
Special to Iredell Free News
Raleigh — With a strong showing from mail-in and early voters, North Carolina on Friday eclipsed more than one million votes in the 2020 general election.
With more than two weeks until Election Day, more than 14 percent of registered voters have already cast ballots.
“We’re glad to see so many North Carolina voters performing their civic duty and letting their voice be heard by voting,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “We look forward to more North Carolinians casting their ballot and staying safe while doing so.”
As of 1:30 p.m. Friday, North Carolina voters had cast 570,019 ballots by mail and 468,020 ballots in-person.
Early voting began in Iredell County and across the state on Thursday.
A total of 15,905 ballots, representing 12.26 percent of the county’s registered voters, had been cast through Thursday, including:
♦ 9,381 mail-in ballots; and
♦ 6,524 ballots at one-stop voting locations