Guilford County voters cast 141,132 early ballots in person, 39% more than in the 2022 midterm. Under-25 voters doubled their share. Totals by site and day.
Guilford County voters cast 141,132 ballots in person during early voting, which ended Saturday. That is 39% more than the 101,202 early ballots cast in the county in the last midterm, in 2022.
The figures come from the N.C. State Board of Elections absentee and early voting file for the Nov. 3 election. We counted the accepted early voting ballots in the copy the state published Monday, Nov. 2. The 2022 figure comes from the state’s final file for that election.
Today is Election Day. Polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and you must vote at your own assigned precinct. Early voting sites are closed.
The busiest sites
Lewis Recreation Center was the busiest of the 17 sites, with 13,413 ballots. Stokesdale, one of two sites new this year, was the quietest, with 1,783.
| Site | Early ballots, Oct. 15-31 |
|---|---|
| Lewis Recreation Center | 13,413 |
| Bur-Mil Club | 12,254 |
| Craft Recreation Center | 12,024 |
| Deep River Recreation Center | 11,808 |
| Jamestown Town Hall | 11,772 |
| Leonard Recreation Center | 11,162 |
| Brown Recreation Center | 10,758 |
| Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum | 8,625 |
| Old Courthouse (Board of Elections office) | 8,145 |
| Barber Park | 6,530 |
| Oak Ridge Town Hall | 6,424 |
| Roy B. Culler Jr. Senior Center | 6,137 |
| Ag Center | 5,836 |
| Pleasant Garden | 4,920 |
| Washington Terrace Park | 4,853 |
| Union Square Campus | 4,688 |
| Stokesdale | 1,783 |
| Total | 141,132 |
Union Square Campus, the new downtown site shared by N.C. A&T and UNC Greensboro, took 4,688 ballots. It was the second quietest site. There were no early voting sites on a college campus this year.
The busiest day was the last Friday
Friday, Oct. 30, was the busiest day, with 13,075 ballots. The quietest was Sunday, Oct. 25, with 4,393.
Saturday, Oct. 31, the last day, ran only from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It still drew 8,969 ballots.
Who voted early
Voters under 25 cast 12,659 early ballots, or 9.0% of the total. In 2022 they cast 4,944, or 4.9%.
Same-day registration also rose. The state file marks 2,863 early voters in Guilford County who registered and voted at the same visit, against 1,635 in 2022.
By party registration, which says nothing about how anyone voted:
- Democrats: 66,924 early voters, or 47.4%, up from 46,701 in 2022
- Unaffiliated: 44,514, or 31.5%, up from 25,985
- Republicans: 29,256, or 20.7%, up from 28,253
- Libertarian and Green: 438 together
Unaffiliated voters made up the fastest-growing group, up 71% on 2022.
The state had also accepted 3,972 mail ballots from Guilford County voters by Nov. 2. Mail ballots must reach the Board of Elections by 7:30 p.m. today.
Why the numbers differ from our first count
On Oct. 18 we reported 20,788 ballots on the first two days. The Nov. 2 file puts those two days at 20,962. The state adds ballots to each day as the county finishes processing them, so the final figures can still move by a small amount.
The state file does not give turnout as a share of registered voters, so we have not calculated one.
What it means for you
- If you did not vote early, vote today at your assigned precinct, 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Look up your polling place with the state’s Voter Search tool. Bring a photo ID.
- You cannot vote at an early voting site today, and you cannot register today.
- If you are in line by 7:30 p.m., you can vote.
- Unofficial results appear on the state’s election results site after polls close. The county canvass is Nov. 13.
- Our voting guide has the ID rules. Read who is on the Guilford County ballot and what Greensboro’s five bond questions would pay for.
- Questions go to the Guilford County Board of Elections at 336-641-3836.
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