By the time early voting ended Saturday afternoon, a record 4.2 million people, or 54% of voters had cast ballots in person. The early vote turnout had last week passed the 2020 mark, when 3.6 million people,

With two days left until Election Day, early voting has ended in North Carolina — and the turnout looks different from 2020. More voters cast their ballots during early voting than ever before, far fewer voters used mail-in voting and registered Republicans,