Charlotte Ledger Election Hub — 2024 Primary Election

Get all the information you need to make an informed choice, in every local and statewide race on the ballot

🚨🚨 NOTE: The information below is from the primary election in March 2024.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, CLICK HERE

Welcome to The Charlotte Ledger's 2024 Election Hub — your source for information on voting and the candidates.

We’ve got the info you need on local, statewide and Congressional races in Mecklenburg in 2024. There are a lot of them! But we will break them down for you, with helpful summaries of the candidates and their backgrounds, plus questionnaires.

From races for county commissioner to state legislator to governor, we’re supplying the information you need, including links to a variety of sources that will help inform your vote.

Important dates:

• March 5: General election. Polls open 6:30 a.m to 7:30 p.m.

From the Mecklenburg Board of Elections:

• ➡️ View your sample ballot

• ➡️ View list of all local candidates

• Board of Elections website

➡️ Charlotte Ledger summaries of races in Mecklenburg and candidate profiles:

• Democratic ballot

  • the N.C. council of state (governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, etc.)

  • U.S. Congress

  • a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court

  • the General Assembly

  • the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (🎥 including videos)

  • 🎧 Listen to the podcast about the Democratic ballot

• Republican ballot

  • the N.C. council of state (governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, etc.)

  • U.S. Congress

  • a seat on the N.C. Court of Appeals

  • the General Assembly

  • 🎧 Listen to the podcast about the Republican ballot

• Libertarian ballot

  • N.C. governor’s race

• Unaffiliateds: Which ballot to choose? Hmm, tough one. If you care mostly about the presidential election, Joe Biden is the only candidate for Democrats, while there are 7 candidates on the Republican ballot (only 2 — Donald Trump and Nikki Haley — are actively campaigning). There are plenty of intriguing statewide and local match-ups in the Republican and Democratic primaries. The Libertarian ballot has 10 candidates for president and 2 for governor.

Ledger guides for surrounding counties:

• Union County: Republican ballot; Democratic ballot; Board of Elections

• Cabarrus County: Republican ballot; Democratic ballot; Board of Elections

• Gaston County: Republican ballot; Democratic ballot; Board of Elections

Voter guides:

• WSOC’s The Political Beat Candidate Guide

• Queen City Nerve’s “Guide to Primary Elections in Mecklenburg County and Beyond”

• Charlotte Observer (note: The Observer has placed some of its election information behind a “metered paywall,” which means you cannot access all of it for free)

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