More than one million ... who cast ballots during the first three days of North Carolina's in-person early voting period represented a 2.4% increase from the same time frame in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic altered how people chose to vote.

Over 1 million early votes have been cast in North Carolina, with a notable increase compared to the previous election.

North Carolina has already seen more than a million votes in early voting so far this election season. As of Monday, Oct. 21, more than 916,000 early votes and more than 89,000 absentee votes have been cast.