Bar chart showing early voting ballots in North Carolina by gender, comparing 2026 to 2022. Women cast 1,495,375 ballots in 2026 (up from 1,123,895; 1.3 times the 2022 pace). Men cast 1,158,591 ballots (up from 928,456; 1.2 times the 2022 pace). Unrecorded gender accounts for 162,855 ballots (up from 100,027; 1.6 times the 2022 pace).