2024 Local Elections

The number of early voters in Mecklenburg is down by nearly 9% from 2020, but Latino voters in the county showed up in higher numbers.

There’s a trend in school board elections across North Carolina — more are becoming partisan races, where candidates appear on the ballot with their political party marked beside their names.

Democrats running for down-ballot statewide races are trying to link their opponents to Republican Mark Robinson.

As the last week of early voting begins, there are now just over 50,000 Hispanic residents in Mecklenburg County registered to vote.

First-term Democratic Congressman Don Davis is defending his seat in a district that state lawmakers redrew to give Republicans a slightly better shot at winning. He is being challenged by a political newcomer, Laurie Buckhout.

Republican incumbent Tricia Cotham has a new TV commercial attacking Democrat Nicole Sidman in their race for a critical southeast Mecklenburg state House seat.

South Carolina isn't a presidential battleground state like its neighbor to the north, but there are still local issues and referenda up for votes, including a statewide referendum on whether voting should be constitutionally restricted to citizens and hundreds of millions of dollars in bond spending.

Activists have placed political signs in Spanish telling noncitizens they cannot vote at polling places across Charlotte and North Carolina.

Former President Donald Trump is encouraging Republicans to vote early. So far, that's working in North Carolina.

Early voting in North Carolina began on Thursday and Vice President Harris’ campaign held two events in Charlotte to encourage people to vote early, as Democrats try to shore up turnout in a blue county where it’s traditionally low.