North Carolinians increasingly prefer to vote early. In this year's primary election, nearly half of all votes cast were already signed, sealed, and delivered by Election Day. That's well above the two most recent midterm primary election, and mirrors a similar trend in general elections. In fact, although more total ballots were cast this year than in 2022, there were actually 61,000 fewer ballots cast on Tuesday compared with Primary Election Day, 2022.