One-Stop Early Voting In Iredell County: Here's When It Begins

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — This year's General Election on Nov. 3 is already one for the books when it comes to an unprecedented number of requests for mail-in ballots due to the ongoing pandemic. For voters who prefer to cast their ballot in person, early voting will soon begin in Iredell County.

One-stop early voting will begin Thursday, Oct. 15 and run through Saturday, Oct. 31, according to the Iredell County Board of Elections.

Early Voting
"Any registered voter in Iredell County is welcome to take advantage of ANY of the One-Stop (Early Voting) sites," ICBE said in a statement.

Iredell County One-Stop Early Voting sites will be located at:

• Board of Elections, 203 Stockton Street, Statesville
• War Memorial, 220 N. Maple Street, Mooresville
• Peninsula Baptist Church, 687 Brawley School Road, Mooresville
• Mt. Mourne IB School, 1431 Meckleburg Hwy., Mooresville
• Troutman Baptist Church, 305 Perry Road, Troutman
• Harmony/North Iredell American Legion Post #113, 3085 Harmony Hwy., Harmony

Hours for one-stop early voting may be found here.

Voters will also be able to register and vote at the same time during One-Stop early voting scheduled at the six polling sites around the county.

Mail-In Ballots
Voters who intend to vote by mail and need to register must do so by Friday, October 9, ICBE said.

The voter registration form is available online. The deadline for registering is 5 p.m. Oct. 9.
If you miss the Oct. 9 deadline, there is still opportunity to register at the one-stop early voting later in the month.

County election officials will begin mailing out absentee ballots for the general election on Friday, Sept. 4.

The last day the board of elections may send out a ballot by mail is Oct. 27.

Interest in mail-in voting has skyrocketed, according to one North Carolina political scientist. "NC is very, very close to having 600K absentee by mail ballot requests processed," Michael Bitzer, associate professor of politics and history at Catawba College, said Wednesday, via Twitter. "A 16X increase in requests from same day in 2016."

How To Request A Mail-In Ballot

• Forms requesting a mail-in ballot are available online.
• Forms must be signed by the voter and may be returned by the voter, a near relative of the voter or a verifiable legal guardian.
• Forms may be mailed to the Iredell County Board of Elections, 203 Stockton Street, Statesville, NC 28677
• Voters may call the Board of Elections at 704-878-3140 for additional information.

  NC is very, very close to having 600K absentee by mail ballot requests processed
  A 16X increase in requests from same day in 2016 First batch of ABM ballots will be mailed on Friday (9/4), but likely won't be the full 600K, due to processing (stuffing envelopes, etc)#ncpol https://t.co/nIXYihNAIM

  — Michael Bitzer, Ph.D. (@BowTiePolitics) September 2, 2020