Just after the close of the first day of early voting, Guilford County Elections Director Charlie Collicutt said that the Thursday, Oct. 17 turnout suggests a whole lot of people are very interested in voting in this particular election.
“In 2020, there were about 17,000 votes on the first day of early voting; today there were about 18,000,” he said.
His office has been collecting votes for some time now with military votes from overseas coming in and with those who requested absentee ballots either mailing them back or bringing them by one of the county’s elections offices.
Still, some people like to vote in person – it often gives them more of a feeling of certainty that their vote will be counted.
Collicutt said votes are counted whether cast by mail, early, or on Election Day, but he added that a lot of polling places across Guilford County were jam-packed with people who like to take advantage of early voting.
One voting spot is right down the hall from his office in the Old Guilford County Court House in downtown Greensboro.
Collicutt said that, in the middle of the day, at that polling place, lines got pretty long.
The elections director added that, given the large turnout, he was pleased to see early voting open up on the first day and take place without a major hitch. He said the big numbers were putting some strain on those working the polls but, other than that, there were no issues.
Early voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 General Election runs from October 17 to November 2. The sites and times can be found on the county’s Board of Elections webpage and the webpage also periodically updates the wait times at polling places.
You’re supposed to show a photo ID when you vote; however, if you forget yours or have an acceptable excuse why you can’t show it, you can cast a provisional vote – a special circumstances vote that will be decided on later. You can come down to the Elections Department after you vote and show your ID to elections staff, or you can just hope that, when the provisional votes are accepted or rejected by the Guilford County Board of Elections, yours is accepted.
Yeah, hope all the votes are counted.
Since early voting has started, it would be an act of negligence not to mention the NC Supreme Court race between Allison Riggs (Democrat incumbent but never elected), https://ballotpedia.org/Allison_Riggs, and Republican Jefferson Griffin, https://www.nccourts.gov/judicial-directory/jefferson-griffin. Allison Riggs is from Florida. She is a “Justice Warrior” working with NC Supreme Court Associate Judge, Anita Earls, from Seattle, Washington, another “Justice Warrior” to flip the NC Supreme Court back to Democrat control. Most disturbing is Riggs’ own admission that US Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial method is an influence and says that “she has “been intentional in applying this in my own judicial work by focusing on process, rather than ‘brand, I believe I am best complying with my constitutional duty to rule without fear or favor.” Riggs is a former civil rights attorney as is Anita Earls.
Vote for Jefferson Griffin for NC Supreme Court. No more “Justice Warriors” for NC.
We voted Thursday, 3 of us. The line was 55 minutes. There were more voting booths than voters, meaning there weren’t enough staff to keep them full.
We had friendly people around us, mostly older people in line. No one discussed their political interest, as it should be. We have family and friends on both sides of the fence, or somewhere else. We want to keep our friends, so we never discuss politics (or religion) with anyone.
Most people on here use a nom de plume.
I am glad early voting is so popular. It makes voting on election day a breeze!
Not surprised. Georgia had a record Wednesday–by late afternoon over 303,000 had voted, doubling the previous record.
I was at 4 voting spots today, in Alamance County, placing political signage for DownHome NC candidates and i experienced the nicest folks! Several people saw this old man teetering around with cane and signs and came directly to help, offering to place the signs regardless of the content. I’m so very proud of Alamance voters for showing up early, waiting in lines and behaving with so much chivalry. Stand-outs include Steve Carter, County Commissioner, and Candidates Judge Turner and Carissa Graves for commissioner. Everyone’s kindness was much appreciated.