Early voting ends Saturday. Here’s where to go in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Editor’s note: This story was published in 2020. For information on voting in 2022, visit The Charlotte Observer’s current Voter Guide.
Early voting ends Saturday in North Carolina, and Mecklenburg County residents can cast their ballots at 33 locations, including Bank of America Stadium, Spectrum Center and Bojangles Coliseum.
At Spectrum Center in uptown, free parking options as well as public transit are available. Free parking is also available near the Panthers stadium and Bojangles.
The more traditional polling sites, such as libraries and schools, are still options for voters throughout the Charlotte region. An interactive map of all early voting sites in the county is included at the bottom of this story.
As of Thursday, nearly 433,200 residents have voted early.
For those voting by mail, the new deadline for mail-in ballots to be received is Nov. 12, though ballots must still be postmarked on or before Nov. 3, Election Day, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported Wednesday.
Voters can go to any of the 33 early voting sites. All sites are open from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. On the final day of early voting on Saturday, they’re open from 8 am.-3 p.m.
For more information, check out voter guides from The Charlotte Observer and CharlotteFive.
List of Mecklenburg County early voting locations
▪ Cornelius Town Hall — 21445 Catawba Ave. (Cornelius)
▪ Hough High School — 12420 Bailey Road (Cornelius)
▪ North County Library — 16500 Holly Crest Lane (Huntersville)
▪ North Mecklenburg High School — 11201 Old Statesville Road (Huntersville)
▪ Butler High School — 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Road (Matthews)
▪ Matthews Elementary School — 200 E. McDowell St. (Matthews)
▪ Spectrum Center — 333 E. Trade St.
▪ Bank of America Stadium — 800 S. Mint St.
▪ Garinger High School — 1100 Eastway Drive
▪ Bojangles Entertainment Complex — 2700 E. Independence Blvd.
▪ Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center — 2921 Tuckaseegee Road
▪ West Boulevard Library — 2157 W. Blvd.
▪ Renaissance West STEAM Academy — 3241 New Renaissance Way
▪ Myers Park High School — 2400 Colony Road
▪ Queens Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park — 2229 Tyvola Road
▪ South Mecklenburg High School — 8900 Park Road
▪ Former Wells Fargo (SouthPark area) — 4525 Sharon Road
▪ East Mecklenburg High School — 6800 Monroe Road
▪ Mountain Island Lake Library — 4420 Hoyt Galvin Way
▪ Hickory Grove Elementary School — 6300 Highland Ave.
▪ Allegra Westbrooks/Beatties Ford Library — 2412 Beatties Ford Road
▪ West Charlotte High School — 2219 Senior Drive
▪ Hornets Nest Park — 6301 Beatties Ford Road
▪ Carmel Commons Shopping Center — 7601 Pineville-Matthews Road
▪ Independence High School — 1967 Patriot Drive
▪ UNCC Belk Gymnasium — 8911 University Road
▪ Old Pier One (University area) — 8802 JW Clay Blvd.
▪ Mallard Creek High School — 3825 Johnston Oehler Road
▪ Providence High School — 1800 Pineville-Matthews Road
▪ Southwest Middle School — 13624 Steele Creek Road
▪ Olympic High School — 4301 Sandy Porter Road
▪ Community House Middle School — 9500 Community House Road
▪ Ardrey Kell High School — 10220 Ardrey Kell Road
Map of early in-person voting locations around Charlotte
This story was originally published October 9, 2020 at 5:30 AM.