(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 the State Board of Elections. Wisconsin, on Sept. 17, will be next to put ballots in the mail.
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