Early voting brings high turnout in Randolph County

Sites in Archdale and Asheboro were busy 

ASHEBORO – More than 12,000 voters went to the polls across the first three days of early voting in Randolph County.

On the first day of early voting Thursday, the Randolph County Board of Elections reported that 4,715 ballots were cast, led by the 1,181 voters at the Community Services Building in Archdale and 1,049 voters at the board of elections headquarters in Asheboro.

The next day, there were 4,711 voters in the county, followed by Saturday’s turnout of 2,707 when there were reduced hours compared to the weekdays.

The Archdale site had the most voters in the county on each of the first three days of early voting in the county.

The other early voting sites are Randolph Community College’s Corner Foundation Center in Asheboro, Randleman Civic Center and Franklinville United Methodist Church.

There were at least 747 voters at each site the first two days. The community college location had the lowest turnouts on all three days.

Early voting continues through Nov. 2. Election Day is Nov. 5, when voters must report to their assigned precinct in order to vote.

As expected, early voting turnout has been heavy.

In 2022, when midterm elections were held, there were 4,265 voters in the first three days of early voting in Randolph County, which had four early voting locations for that year.

By Bob Sutton