@gercohen

Member, Wake Co Bd of Elections 2019-date, board secretary 2025-date ; #ncga staff 1977-2014; member Chapel Hill Town Council 1973-79. @unc BA JD MA

Raleigh, NC
Joined April 2009
Gerry Cohen retweeted
NORTH CAROLINA INTERIM VOTER REGISTRATION CHANGES (9/12-9/19) This past week,Dems outregistered Reps 1,629-347, while Inds saw a 4,635 net voter gain. This caused the GOP plurality to narrow from 8,325 to 7,043 voters, even as Inds "remain #1" with a 40.8% (and growing) (1/)
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
NC regs 9/12-9/19 raw: R: 2,328,930 --> 2,329,277 (+347) D: 2,320,605 --> 2,322,234 (+1,629) UNA: 3,145,417 --> 3,149,976 (+4,559) share of electorate: R: 29.68 --> 29.66% (-0.02%) D: 29.58 --> 29.57% (-0.01%) UNA: 40.09 --> 40.11% (+0.02%)
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
🚨 NC 2026 ABSENTEE UPDATE — 9/19 5,487 ballots have now been returned & accepted statewide: 🔵 DEM: 2,728 — 49.7% ⚪ UNA: 2,033 — 37.1% 🔴 REP: 710 — 12.9% 🟡 LIB/GRE: 16 +818 accepted ballots since yesterday: 🔵 DEM +401 ⚪ UNA +265 🔴 REP +152
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818 NC absentee ballots accepted Fri 9/18, cumulative accepted now 5,488. Top 3 counties: Wake 1,013, Mecklenburg 578, Buncombe 366. Images: top 10 counties, voter party. #NCPOL
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As of Sept 19 NC election deadlines: 20 days until regular voter registration ends Fri Oct 9 26 days until early vote starts Thurs Oct 15 31 days until absentee request deadline Tues Oct 20 42 days until early vote ends Sat Oct 31 45 days until election Tues Nov 3. #ncpol
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USPS Postmaster General Steiner suggests if you are mailing back an absentee ballot you do so SEVEN days before the election (thus mail back by Tues Oct 27) Personally I suggest you mail AT a blue box AT the port office. Alternatively in NC you can personally deliver it to the county board of elections office that issued the ballot, weekday business hours (starting Oct 15 it can also be personally delivered to an early voting site) apnews.com/article/trump-mai…
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Image has North Carolina voter registration totals for Sept 16 and Sept 17 showing net* change by party, data from dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=Press/2… *NET change= new registrations less cancellations, deaths, felony convictions and incorporating party changes. #ncpol
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
At Vote Tracker, 4,669 ballots have been accepted in the Nov 3 election. Democrats have slipped to less than half of all accepted ballots for the first time. I expect continued Democratic slippage, but they will likely remain over 40% of all absentee ballots. Link below. #nopol
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672 NC absentee ballots accepted Weds 9/17, cumulative total now 4,670. Top 3 counties Wake 906, Mecklenburg 502, Buncombe 282. Images accepted ballots top 10 counties, top 15 cities of residence, voter party. #ncpol
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Durham Co NC posts absentee ballot stats each day at close of business. 52 ballots were accepted today, increasing yesterday's cumulative total of 224 to 276, a 23% jump. There have been 3,155 absentee requests. See accepted ballot stats and request ballo stats in images. #ncpol
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Our unvoted ballots for the 2026 General Election have arrived. ✅ So what happens next? Follow our team behind the scenes as we account for each ballot and securely store them for the election ahead! #ReadyToVote
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I’m going to be posting county-designed early voting graphic schedules for several counties: first tweet Wake (with map), Durham and Orange. Second tweet Franklin, Harnett, Chatham and Granville. Third tweet Forsyth and Guilford. All are in public domain and shareable. /1 #ncpol
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/2 #ncpol Franklin, Granville, Chatham, Harnett early voting schedules #ncpol
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Forsyth and Guilford early voting schedules. /3 #ncpol
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comparing #ncsbe absentee files dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=Press/2… for past 2 days, total registered voters 7,850,110, net* up +1,502 Wednesday, change by party: Democrats +324 Republican -55 Unaffiliated +1,213 *net =new voters less deaths, cancellations, felony convictions, party switches #ncpol
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786 NC absentee ballots accepted Weds 9/16, cumulative total 3,998. Top 3 counties: Wake 824 Mecklenburg 477 Buncombe 233. Images: top 10 counties, voter party affiliation. #ncpol
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
9/16/2026 early voting update for #ncpol. 🗳️3,248 ballots cast/3,212 accepted from 80 counties 🗳️51% Dem/10%R/38%U 🗳️voter location I'd most like to visit: Penne, Italy
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More fun NC voter statistics. #ncsbe updates county top-level registration totals each Saturday morning with data files Sunday night. Daily absentee summary statistics files at dl.ncsbe.gov/?prefix=Press/2… have voter totals, as of today 7,848,608. Here are total net registration changes by day the last six weekdays (oldest first) +1,572 +1,268 +780 +1,494 +1,127 +1,115 #ncpol
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Just mailed in a voted Wake Co absentee ballot, I used the drop slot INSIDE a USPS Post Office. Postage is $1.98 or 3 forever stamps. Another option at this point is delivery in person to the county board of elections office that issued it, weekdays during business hours. #ncpol
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Gerry Cohen retweeted
At Vote Tracker, 3,212 ballots have been accepted in the November 3 election. 3,497 had been accepted at a similar point in 2022, but only 315 at a similar point in 2018. As expected, women now outnumber men. Click on the link below for more data. #ncpol
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