350,000+ votes cast on day 1 of early voting in North Carolina
On Thursday, in North Carolina, day one amounted to 353,166 early voting ballots cast. This is the largest-ever turnout in the history of first-day early voting in the state. Total ballots tallied in N.C. through end-of-day Thursday were 428,299 when combining early votes with the 75,133 absentee ballots already returned.