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Election 2026: Nation’s longest voting window opens Friday
County election boards will start sending requested ballots, opening a voting window that begins nearly two weeks earlier than any other state, officials said.
- North Carolina State Board of Elections began sending absentee ballots to any voter having made a request on Friday, nearly two weeks earlier than any other State.
- Since the previous presidential Election Day, voter registration trends show a continued shift away from major parties as the State experiences growth in independent voters.
- Unaffiliated voters now comprise 40% of the State's 7,837,065 total registrations, a bloc that has grown 179,065 since the presidential cycle two years ago.
- North Carolinians will use these ballots to choose a U.S. senator, all 14 members of the House, and all 170 members of the General Assembly.
- The registration deadline is 9, and the deadline for mailed absentee ballots to reach State Board offices is 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3. Wisconsin begins mailing ballots Sept. 17.
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Election 2026: Nation’s longest voting window opens Friday - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – One day shy of a full two weeks sooner than any other state in the nation, North Carolina county boards of elections on Friday will begin sending absentee ballots to any voter having made a request. The nation’s ninth largest state at 11.2 million is at 7,837,065 registrations, down 2,846 from the general election in 2024, up 128,805 since the March 3 primary, and up 4,824 in the most recent seven-day period updated by th…
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