Elections

Early voting ends Saturday. Where to cast ballots for local, presidential primaries.

Early voting for the primaries ends Saturday, and Mecklenburg County residents will cast their ballots for a sweeping range of elected offices.

That includes races for president, the U.S. Senate and House, governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer and district court judges.

At the local level, Democratic voters will also select three at-large candidates for Mecklenburg County commissioner. Eight Democratic candidates — and no Republicans — are running for the board that saw a staggering blue wave in 2018.

North Carolina is once again situated as a key battleground state in the presidential primary and November election.

Following his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump visited Charlotte for the North Carolina Opportunity Now Summit, where he touted job growth and an economic “renaissance” for low-income workers. In late August, Trump is expected to accept his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention, held at the Spectrum Center in uptown.

The primary is March 3.

Residents can check their voter registration information on the State Board of Election website. Voters are not required to show photo identification for the primaries.

All 20 early voting sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays.

For the final day of early voting on Saturday, the sites are open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Here are all the early voting locations:

  • Beatties Ford Road Library — 2412 Beatties Ford Road.
  • Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center — 2921 Tuckaseegee Road.
  • Cornelius Town Hall — 21445 Catawba Ave.
  • Hal Marshall Building — 618 N. College St.
  • Hickory Grove Library — 5935 Hickory Grove Road.
  • Hornet’s Nest Pavilion — 6301 Beatties Ford Road.
  • Independence Regional Library — 6000 Conference Drive.
  • Main Library — 310 N. Tryon St.
  • Matthews Branch Library — 230 Matthews Station St.
  • Mint Hill Branch Library — 6840 Matthews-Mint Hill Road.
  • Morrison Regional Library — 7015 Morrison Blvd.
  • North County Regional Library — 16500 Holly Crest Lane.
  • South Boulevard Library — 4429 S. Blvd.
  • Sugar Creek Library — 4045 N. Tryon St.
  • UNC Charlotte Belk Gym — 8911 University Road.
  • Old Pier 1 — 8802 JW Clay Blvd.
  • West Boulevard Library — 2157 W. Blvd.
  • Former Fox & Hound restaurant — 15235 John J Delaney Drive.
  • Former Rite Aid — 7601 Pineville-Matthews Road.
  • Former Hollywood Video — 11130 S. Tryon St.

This story was originally published February 12, 2020 at 5:00 AM.

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Alison Kuznitz
The Charlotte Observer
Alison Kuznitz is a local government reporter for The Charlotte Observer, covering City Council and the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Since March, she has also reported on COVID-19 in North Carolina. She previously interned at The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant and Hearst Connecticut Media Group, and is a Penn State graduate. Support my work with a digital subscription
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