Early voting in North Carolina
Voters in 23 counties could have fewer opportunities to vote early this year after Republican-led election boards approved plans that cut the number of early voting hours from the 2012 election.
The NC Republican Party had called for limiting early voting hours due to concerns about voter fraud. Despite that effort, 70 counties will expand early voting hours from 2012. Nine counties eliminated Sunday early voting sites offered in 2012.
Source: State Board of Elections
| County | 2016 Hours | 2016 Sunday Early Voting? | 2012 Hours | 2012 Sunday Early Voting? | Split board vote? | Dissenting Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 338 | N | 330 | N | ||
| Alexander | 208 | N | 123 | N | ||
| Alleghany | 113 | N | 123 | N | ||
| Anson | 187 | Y | 134.75 | Y | ||
| Ashe | 158 | N | 129 | N | ||
| Avery | 113 | N | 108 | N | ||
| Beaufort | 264.5 | N | 195 | N | ||
| Bertie | 111 | N | 218.5 | N | Y | 262 |
| Bladen | 278 | N | 298.5 | N | Y | None |
| Brunswick | 856.5 | N | 883.5 | N | ||
| Buncombe | 2178 | Y | 2146 | Y | ||
| Burke | 565 | N | 336 | N | ||
| Cabarrus | 285 | N | 200 | N | ||
| Caldwell | 246 | N | 270 | N | ||
| Camden | 144 | N | 115 | N | ||
| Carteret | 639 | N | 380 | N | ||
| Caswell | 184 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Catawba | 715 | Y | 273 | Y | ||
| Chatham | 532 | N | 387 | N | ||
| Cherokee | 146 | N | 136 | N | ||
| Chowan | 153 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Clay | 143 | N | 124.5 | N | ||
| Cleveland | 286 | N | 221 | N | Y | 292 w/Sun |
| Columbus | 286.5 | N | 322.5 | N | ||
| Craven | 568 | N | 548 | Y | Y | 569 w/Sun |
| Cumberland | 940 | N | 924 | Y | Y | 982.5 w/Sun |
| Currituck | 144 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Dare | 276 | N | 202.5 | N | ||
| Davidson | 545 | N | 405 | N | ||
| Davie | 258 | N | 254 | N | ||
| Duplin | 90 | N | 100 | N | Y | 150, no Sundays |
| Durham | 1,541 | Y | 997.5 | Y | ||
| Edgecombe | 485 | N | 516 | Y | Y | 817, no Sundays |
| Forsyth | 1,222 | N | 1034 | Y | ||
| Franklin | 390 | N | 283 | N | Y | 540, no Sundays |
| Gaston | 611 | N | 448 | N | Y | 611 w/Sun |
| Gates | 200 | N | 119 | N | ||
| Graham | 123 | N | 111 | N | ||
| Granville | 319.5 | N | 240 | N | ||
| Greene | 123 | Y | 122 | N | ||
| Guilford | 2397.5 | Y | 2364 | Y | ||
| Halifax | 333 | N | 333 | N | ||
| Harnett | 245 | N | 189 | N | Y | 295 w/Sun |
| Haywood | 340.5 | N | 213 | N | ||
| Henderson | 378 | N | 372 | N | ||
| Hertford | 274.75 | N | 243.5 | N | ||
| Hoke | 251 | N | 212 | Y | Y | 248 w/Sun |
| Hyde | 120 | Y | 107 | N | ||
| Iredell | 302 | N | 302 | N | ||
| Jackson | 438.5 | N | 464 | N | ||
| Johnston | 447.5 | N | 444 | N | ||
| Jones | 147 | N | 108 | N | ||
| Lee | 232 | N | 236 | N | ||
| Lenoir | 106.5 | N | 443.5 | N | Y | 828 w/Sun |
| Lincoln | 304 | N | 320 | N | ||
| Macon | 184 | N | 132 | N | ||
| Madison | 342 | N | 360 | N | ||
| Martin | 113 | N | 112 | N | Y | 214, no Sundays |
| McDowell | 342 | N | 342 | N | ||
| Mecklenburg | 2499.75 | Y | 2742 | Y | Y | 2,868 with Sunday |
| Mitchell | 226 | N | 221 | N | ||
| Montgomery | 280 | N | 107 | N | Y | 395, no Sundays |
| Moore | 260 | N | 261 | N | Y | 284 w/Sun |
| Nash | 329 | N | 277 | N | Y | 382, no Sundays |
| New Hanover | 580 | N | 500 | N | Y | 601 w/Sun |
| Northampton | 281 | N | 318 | N | ||
| Onslow | 288.5 | N | 296 | N | ||
| Orange | 569.5 | N | 528 | N | Y | 739 w/Sun |
| Pamlico | 120 | N | 149 | Y | Y | 139, no Sundays |
| Pasquotank | 113 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Pender | 648 | N | 577 | N | ||
| Perquimans | 117 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Person | 249.5 | Y | 271 | N | Y | One Republican member: 245.5, no Sundays |
| Pitt | 831.5 | N | 545 | Y | Y | 1027.5 w/Sun |
| Polk | 305 | N | 282 | N | ||
| Randolph | 483.75 | N | 318 | N | Y | 589 w/Sun |
| Richmond | 219 | N | 222 | Y | Y | 220.25 w/Sun |
| Robeson | 323 | Y | 348 | Y | Y | One Republican: 286.75, no Sundays |
| Rockingham | 324 | N | 258 | N | Y | 344 w/Sun |
| Rowan | 530 | Y | 443 | N | Y | No alternative plan |
| Rutherford | 276 | N | 287.5 | N | ||
| Sampson | 360.75 | Y | 311 | Y | ||
| Scotland | 116 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Stanly | 270 | N | 252.5 | N | Y | 309, no Sundays |
| Stokes | 246 | N | 239.5 | N | ||
| Surry | 271.25 | N | 225.75 | N | ||
| Swain | 266 | N | 200 | N | ||
| Transylvania | 186 | N | 120 | N | ||
| Tyrrell | 88 | N | 100 | N | ||
| Union | 924.5 | N | 598 | Y | Y | 980.5 w/Sun |
| Vance | 354 | Y | 246 | Y | Y | No alternative plan |
| Wake | 1,709.50 | Y | 1658 | Y | Y | 2185.5 w/Sun |
| Warren | 170 | N | 115.5 | N | ||
| Washington | 107 | N | 107 | N | ||
| Watauga | No plan; board members deadlocked | 216 | N | |||
| Wayne | 506 | Y | 474 | Y | ||
| Wilkes | 225.5 | N | 193 | N | ||
| Wilson | 231 | Y | 213 | Y | ||
| Yadkin | 113 | N | 113 | N | ||
| Yancey | 124 | N | 110 | N |
