Gerry Cohen
Member, Wake Co Board of Elections member 2019-date, Secretary 2025-date; #ncga staff 1977-2014; member, Chapel Hill Town Council 1973-79. UNC-Chapel Hill BA, JD, MA.
- 1,034 absentee ballots accepted thru Feb 3 for Mar 3 #ncpol primary. Images top 12 counties, gender, voter party (553D, 204R), primary requested (of 277 unaffiliated voters, 170 chose Democratic primary, 95 chose GOP primary, 12 chose nonpartisan office ballot available in 30 counties)
- As of Feb 2 upcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary: In 4 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; 10 days, early voting starts Feb 12 15 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 26 days, early voting ends Feb 28 29 days, primary day and absentee return deadline
- On February 19 I’ll start my 8th year of service as a member of the Wake County Board of Elections. 8 municipal elections, 3 partisan primaries, 3 general elections, 2 second primaries and the ongoing 2026 primary, all 17 with unanimously adopted early voting plans. #ncpol
- As of Jan 30, upcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary: In 7 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; In 13 days, early voting starts Feb 12 In 18 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 In 29 days, early voting ends Feb 28 In 32 days, primary day and absentee return deadline
- 671 absentee ballots accepted thru Jan 29 for Mar 3 #ncpol primary. Images top 15 counties, voter party (373D, 108R), primary requested (of 190 unaffiliated voters, 128 chose Democratic primary, 54 chose GOP primary, 8 selected nonpartisan office ballot available in 30 counties)
- NCSBE is now publishing daily reports on absentee requests for the March 3 primary. Through 1/27 10,098 requests, by voter party D4,845; R1,794; U3,459. Party ballot requests of unaffiliated voters D2,197; R838; non-partisan office ballot (available in 30 counties) 424. dl.ncsbe.gov?prefix=Press...
- 459 absentee ballots accepted thru Jan 27 for Mar 3 #ncpol primary. Images: top 10 counties, voter party (261D, 72R, 126U), primary requested (of 126 unaffiliated voters, 81 chose Democratic primary, 37 chose GOP primary, 8 selected nonpartisan office ballot available in 30 counties)
- Many counties are posting graphics with their March 3 primary early voting schedule, images attached for 4 counties adjacent to Wake: Durham (8 sites); Chatham (5 sites); Franklin and Johnston (4 sites each). Sites open Feb 12-28. #ncpol
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- As of Jan 27, upcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary: In 10 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; In 16 days, early voting starts Feb 12 In 21 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 In 32 days, early voting ends Feb 28 In 35 days, primary day and absentee return deadline
- 363 absentee ballots accepted thru Jan 23 for Mar 3 #ncpol primary (+48% from Jan 21). Images top 12 counties, voter party, primary requested (of 98 unaffiliated voters, 68 chose Democratic primary, 23 chose GOP primary, 7 got nonpartisan office ballot available in 30 counties)
- the March 3 NC primary early voting site list at s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov... and the early voting site search at vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/ appear to have had final updates by #ncsbe this afternoon and are ready to use #ncpol
- upcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary as of Jan 23: 14 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; 20 days, early voting starts Feb 12 25 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 36 days, early voting ends Feb 28 39 days, primary day and absentee return deadline
- 245 absentee ballots accepted thru Jan 21 for Mar 3 #ncpol primary. Images show top 10 counties, party of voter, and primary requested by voter (of 71 unaffiliated voters, 52 chose Democratic primary, 12 chose GOP primary, 7 requested just nonpartisan office ballot available in 30 counties)
- 146 absentee ballots cast through Fri Jan 16 for March 3 #ncpol primary, request deadline Feb 17. Images voter party, party ballot requested, and top counties. About 30 counties also have nonpartisan races where unaffiliated can choose nonpartisan ballot rather than partisan primary.
- North Carolina’s 4 largest counties have their March 3 primary early voting schedules posted for voting Feb 12-28: Mecklenburg 19 sites all 17 days, Wake 12 sites all 17 days, Guilford 10 sites open 15 of 17 days, Forsyth 8 sites open 15 of 17 days. (Guilford and Forsyth no voting first Sat/Sun)
- Wake Co Bd of Elections this week unanimously adopted its proposed 2026-27 budget, to include 18 early voting sites for Nov 2026 mid-term, up from 15 in 2022 (+20%) operating all 17 days Oct 15-31. Registration now at 845,517, up 8,400 in last 14 days, and up 98% from 2004. #ncpol /1
- NC State Board of Elections press release announcing January 12 start of vote by mail for March 3 statewide and local Democratic and Republican primary election www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-r... #ncpol
- early voting for the Mar 3 primary starts Feb 12, five weeks from today. Ends Sat Feb 28. Images: early voting schedules in Wake, Durham, and Orange counties. Requested absentee ballots go out beginning Mon Jan 12, four days from today, absentee request deadline Feb 17 #ncpol
- Wake Co has 33 ballots for Mar 3 primary: 14 in Dem primary (D+unaff choosing D primary), 17 in GOP primary (R+unaff choosing R primary) and 2 for Green and Libertarian voters in City of Raleigh and UNA voters in Raleigh not wanting party ballot, see some: s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wakegov.com....
- bad end to ‘25. Mon night I went about 3 steps on staircase to 2nd floor in my house, decided to go back down and walked backwards. Bad mistake. Slipped and FLEW down backwards and back hit table corner. Broke 2 ribs+ right lung collapsed. In 3rd day at WakeMed ICU. /1
- today all NC pre-registered voters not-yet 18 but who will be 18 by Nov 3 will be activated and sent voter cards (but may not appear in the voter file until Jan 9-10). For Wake Co it’s 6,000+ new voters. They can vote in all March 3 primaries partisan and nonpartisan #ncpol /1
- Wake, Durham and Orange Counties have now posted their early voting schedules for the March 3 primaries, Wake has 12 sites all 17 days Feb 12-28, Durham has 8 sites for 17 days, Orange had 6 sites for 15 of the 17 days. See images for schedules and Wake map. #ncpol
- Early voting schedules for the N.C. Mar 3, 2026 primary (for the 87 counties with approved plans) are searchable at vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/ early voting is Feb 12-28, search brings up the list of sites with locations, directions and map (county map may not be viewable on some mobile devices) #ncpol
- I’m at the Wake County Board of Elections where candidate filing starts today at noon for the March 3, 2026 NC primary election. #ncpol
- In the image I've included lots of nuances about the December 1-19, 2025 #ncpol candidate filing period for the March 3, 2026 primary.
- almost 25% through the @nhl season and the Carolina Hurricanes are first place in the Metropolitan Division AND the Eastern Conference and 2nd place in the entire league. Remind me how many times the @canes will appear on nationwide TV package for @espn OR @abc ? Wait, it’s ZERO!
- Here’s the Wake County Board of Elections report listing all write-in votes in the 13 towns in Wake Co voting in the Nov 4, 2025 elections: s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wakegov.com.... #wakepol (there was a serious attempt in Rolesville with an unsuccessful write-in candidate getting 538 votes.)
- Wake Co has released its early voting plan for the Mar 3, 2026 primary. 12 sites open all 17 days Feb 12-28, images have map and schedule flier. March 3 will be federal/state/local partisan primaries plus new City of Raleigh non-partisan primary. (Compare 2022 primary 8 sites) #wakepol
- March 3, 2026 #ncpol primary calendar: Candidate filing starts Dec 1, ends Dec 19 17-year old pre-registrants turning 18 by Nov 3 activated Jan 2 Absentee voting starts Jan 12 Regular voter registration ends Feb 6 Early voting starts Feb 12 ends Feb 28 Absentee request deadline Feb 18
- Wake Co Board of Elections received 200 phone calls yesterday asking about Raleigh City Election (which was moved to even years beginning 2020 and not on the ballot yesterday with 13 other Wake towns). Non-partisan Raleigh primary Mar 3, 2026, election Nov 3, 2026. Candidate filing info in images.
- It’s Election day today Nov 4 in 400+ NC municipalities and some school districts, as well as countywide in Mecklenburg Co. Polls open until 7:30 pm. (Voters in 70+ municipalities — including Asheville, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, vote in even years.) #ncpol
- Wake Co municipal early voting Sat Nov 1 (final day) for 13 towns voting Nov 4 3,800 votes cast (45 same day registrations), final cumulative 20,054 votes cast (includes 130 same-day reg), data dashboard at msweb03.co.wake.nc.us/bordelec/dow... see data in images #wakepol (no Raleigh election)
- Last day of early voting for Nov 4 municipal elections in N.C. is today (Sat Oct 30 from 8 am to 3 pm at all 144 sites.
- 188,952 ballots cast in NC through 10/30 for Nov 4 municipal elections: 184,039 in-person early (+43% from same day 2023 w/1 day left), 4,913 by mail. 1,215 same-day registrations. In images top 12 counties, top 15 cities, daily in-person turnout comparisons, gender. #ncpol
- Wake County early voting Friday, Oct 31 3,175 votes cast (includes 19 same day registrations), cumulative 16-day total 16,254 votes cast (includes 85 same day registrations) data images from data dashboard at msweb03.co.wake.nc.us/bordelec/dow... #wakepol #ncpol
