Watauga County absentee ballot tracker
Absentee ballot numbers are no longer updated. Please use the Watuaga County tracker for all updated voting numbers.
Voters in the Tarheel State have requested over 1.3 million ballots so far — dwarfing the over 180,000 ballot requests made by this time in 2016.
The number of requests for absentee ballots in Watauga County has doubled already with the deadline to request under two months away.
Use the dashboard to see how many absentee ballots have been requested in Watauga County by party affiliation. Numbers as of Oct. 15.
More information on voting by mail can be found on the North Carolina State Board of Elections website.
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Chris • Sep 8, 2020 at 6:25 am
It is interesting that most absentee ballots are being requested by Democrats. The next is “unaffiliated”. More chances of a false election result. Way to go North Carolina.