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Early voting data options, uploading new numbers the next morning: Data-packed from @peark.es ncearly.peark.es Turnout tracker fro @carolinaforward.bsky.social : carolinaforward.org/news/the-car... Forward numbers match with the Locke Foundation's tool. carolinaelections.com/tracker/66 #ncpol

18,583 early votes in Mecklenburg County, NC, on Tuesday, October 27. Second in volume only to Day One. Cumulative: 204,666 By mail accepted: 8,016 #ncpol #charlottenc

21,460 early votes cast Tues Oct 27 in Wake Co NC, up 51.4% from same day in 2022, cumulative 13-day total 232,464. Tues 412 same-day registrations, nearly 2% of daily turnout, cumulative 2,544. Images totals by site, party, race, gender, age, district. #ncpol #wakepol

not for nothing, this all reminds me of 2013 when watauga's republican board of elections combined all of boone's precincts into one and moved all voting off of campus (they eventually moved it back) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM7P...

I got a report from a student friend at NCSU that when the on-campus site there used since 2018 was moved to a place no student had ever heard of, two groups of students took AMTRAK together from Raleigh to Greensboro and Charlotte to vote with their parents. Students are HOT about the changes

UNC Charlotte site was moved from student canter 1.2 miles down narrow 2-lane road w/no sidewalks, no bus service on Harris Blvd, and a 2nd site on N Tryon across from campus closed. Auditor Boliek told interviewer there had been sites on 2 sides of campus and new one would be more convenient LOL

In NC, 164,465 voters thru Mon, Oct 25 applied for absentee ballots, and 65,841 (40%) successfully voted them. Another 12,296 (7.5%) (including 1,296 Monday) chose instead to early vote and discarded their ballots. (doing that automatically spoils their absentee ballot). #ncpol

Walking from UNCC dorms to the new nearby early voting location is a 34-minute trip, including a short segment along North Tryon Street. The light rail alternative to Hal Marshall Center makes sense for UNC Charlotte. #ncpol #unccharlotte #ncpol #unccharlotte

After the campus site at N.C. State was moved 1.2 miles away to make it inconvenient for college students to vote, many NCSU students adapted, see message I just got from one. Votes will be in other counties rather than Wake, may have more impact in competitive #ncga races. #ncpol

It's really damning. The accusations are numerous and well-supported. But I was really struck by the descriptions of Trump's behavior -- the name dropping, strong-arming, and attempts to buy off silence. His gross rivalry with Epstein. It's all so familiar. It's shit he's been doing his entire life.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

comparing NC early voting turnout with 2022 there 1688 provisional ballots not yet included in turnout totals that didn’t exist then. 285 ID exception forms, 128 no ID provided (no voter ID in 2022), and 1,255 DL/SSN required (registration repair project). #ncpol

I’m seeing people reacting by pointing out that he’s obviously wrong. I appreciate that, but it’s also a pointless exercise. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. The problem is that this is normal in American politics — and it’s been normal for a while.

None of those record-setting sites are officially in the gerrymandered Cotham district, but Hickory Grove is close. Her gerrymandered district snakes around from the furthest east to the furthest south points in the county. #ncpol

Record setting for this election: early votes in Mecklenburg County, NC, for Monday, October 27: 18,230 Records at: Bette Rae Rec Center Hickory Grove Library Hornets Nest Mallard Creek Rec. Center Park Expo University City Former Library #ncpol

1,773,890 votes cast in NC through Mon 10/26, in-person early (EV) 1,708,049 (up 42.58% through same point in 2022 mid-term), 65,841 by mail. 17,148 same-day registrations. Images top 15 counties, voter party, race, daily EV comparison with 2022. #ncpol

top NC seven early voting sites through October 26 in images, top six are in Wake County, seventh in Henderson County. Top site in state is in Apex, the other six are two in Raleigh, two in Cary, one in Wake Forest, the other in Hendersonville. #ncpol

NC has had 17,148 same-day registrations at its 368 early voting sites thu Oct 26, top six sites are on or near college campuses, respectively NC State, NC Central, NCA&T/UNC-G/Bennett, ECU, UNC-Charlotte and Winston-Salem State, 4 of the 8 listed colleges are HBCUs #ncpol

Not a great time for Adams Outdoor Advertising to clear trees along Independence Boulevard behind people’s homes so billboards can be seen better. Hoping folks learn who changed the laws allowing Adams to do so. “Chainsaw” Bob Russo may be retired but his damage remains. Vote accordingly. #ncpol

USPS recommends all absentee ballots that are being mailed be sent by Tues Oct 27 www.wsbtv.com/news/local/u... (If you are mailing USPS I suggest placing it in an official USPS blue box or handing it to a desk clerk inside the post office) see images for USPS speed-up just started. #ncpol

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

Genuinely I don't know that it comes across to people who haven't been here to watch how almost unbelievable this was, just people taking something that looked impossible and dragging it kicking and screaming all the way to inevitability.

As predicted, Flávio Bolsonaro did not concede. He’ll ask for the elections to be annulled due to extended polling times. The far-right’s anti-democratic processes have begun. A joke by a sore loser, especially given that his own party also asked for polls to be kept open for an extra two hours.

Slept for more than four hours for the first time in a month. Woke up blissfully politically hungover, with deep eye bags from crying and a renewed belief in the power of people. So thrilled.

10,236 early votes cast in Wake Co NC Sun Oct 25, up 44.5% from same Sunday in 2022. Cumulative 11-day total 189,923. Same-day registrations today 194, cumulative 1,798. Images have lots of data on party, race, age, site totals etc. #wakepol #ncpol

What I picture when people ask Bluesky to increase its character count

Mecklenburg County, NC, early votes for the last day of Sunday voting, October 25, 2026: 7,434 (compares to 7040 the prior Sunday, both four hours long.) On a Panthers game day. Cumulative: 165,076 #ncpol

Orange County NC, home to unc, sunday voting #ncpol : 2026 1,690 (+41%) 2022 1,201

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

After Hungary and Poland, Serbia becomes the third Central/Eastern European country in few years where massive youth mobilization has contributed to the electoral defeat of the ruling autocratic party.

Yeah, this man should not be allowed to practice law, and any failure to take away his ability to practice law after all of this would be a part of the end of the rule of law in America.

Not to ruin anyone’s Sunday afternoon, but Brazilians are voting for president today. We’ll start getting returns at 4pm ET, and, based on the results of the first round it’d be a clear surprise if Lula survives against Bolsonaro — even if polls have tightened in the last two weeks.

Addendum: Here's early + mail voting turnout rates 10 days before election day in the last 3 midterms in #ncpol 📊 ⤵️ Takeaway: the 2026 Democratic turnout rate is far exceeding Democratic turnout rate at the same point in 2022 (a good Rep. yr) and 2018 (a good Dem. yr). #ncpol

Thru Saturday Oct 24, 163,605 North Carolinians have applied for absentee ballots, 59,755 (36.5%) have successfully voted them. 10,678 (6.5%) chose instead to early vote and discarded their absentee ballots, including 702 during Saturday early voting yesterday. #ncpol

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

Let’s go! #ncpol

6/ This year, with Trump so incredibly unpopular, a lot more congressional Republicans are finding out what it's like to earn every single vote. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Let's show up and make every race count. 🇺🇸

5/ Like I told AP, the biggest divide I found in Congress wasn't Democrat vs. Republican. It was safe seats vs. competitive seats. When politicians pick their voters, they stop listening to the rest of us.

Today's #ncpol analysis of what appears to continue to be a historic mid-term election early voting period:

12,874 early votes cast Sat 8/24 in Wake County NC, up 51.74% from same day in 2022. Cumulative total 179,685. Saturday 211 same-day registrations, cumulative 1,604, same-day registrants 1.6% of votes cast today. Images have voter data and demographics #ncpol

Mecklenburg County, NC, early votes on October 24, 2026: 12,635. Cumulative: 157,742. Meck likes Saturday voting. One more to go. #ncpol

happy to report I had zero problems voting early I asked the folks at my local polling place here in Buncombe Co if there had been any issues so far and they said there's been absolutely zero problems

Donna Arthur — aka Amy Acton’s estranged mother, and the person whose testimony Vivek Ramaswamy devoutly trusts — has been living with her cats, in a car, in a church parking lot, having declined housing assistance. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

The generality principle of the Rule of Law is its most essential concept. A class of people outside criminal law is incompatible with a law-based society.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the US interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” says ex-Polar LNG CEO who quit after discovering secret Russian funding. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...