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North Carolina Central University associate professor of political science Dr. Jarvis Hall spoke with ABC11 about the demographics of early voting in North Carolina.

Early voting in the Tar Heel state saw 4.5 million ballots cast. That's nearly 57% of registered voters and nearly 1 million more than voted early in 2020.

However, the early returns showed lower than expected turnout among Black, Hispanic and Latino voters.

Watch Dr. Jarvis Hall's full interview:

North Carolina Central University associate professor of political science Dr. Jarvis Hall spoke with ABC11 about the demographics of early voting in North Carolina.

University of North Carolina Political Science professor Sarah Treul spoke with ABC11 about early voting in North Carolina and the role women voters will play in this election.

Early voting in the Tar Heel state saw 4.5 million ballots cast. That's nearly 57% of registered voters and nearly 1 million more than voted early in 2020.

Women make up 51 percent of registered voters in North Carlina. Of those registered female voters, 60% have already voted. For men, that number is just 56%.

Both candidates have been trying to convince NC women that they're the right person to lead the country for the next four years.

Watch Dr. Sarah Treul's full interview:

Dr. Sarah Treul talks about the importance of women voters in this election

Former president Donald Trump was back in North Carolina a day before Election Day and his campaign looks to rally any last-minute support for the Republican ticket on Tuesday.

Early voting ended in NC on Saturday.

Trump has made numerous trips to the battleground state over the last few days.

On Sunday he visited Kinston. It was his 62nd straight day he had a rally and he has a few more left before Tuesday.

Recent polling shows both Trump and Harris neck and neck going into November 5.

Polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5. Any voter in line at that time will be allowed to vote, so voting may continue hours after 7:30 at certain polling locations.

A new North Carolina law makes it illegal to count in-person early votes before polls close Tuesday. However, by-mail absentee ballots received before Election Day can be tabulated.

That means the first election results reported by counties to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBOE) will likely be by-mail absentee ballots. NCSBOE estimates there will be a 30-60 minute delay in getting the in-person early voting results submitted to the state.

At the end of the night, NCSBOE estimates 98 percent of all ballots cast will be reported publicly. The remaining ballots will then be tabulated over the following 10-day canvass period. That's the timeframe when the following type of ballots will be counted and added to the total:

• Absentee ballots received on Election Day.
• Provisional ballots cast early or on Election Day.
• Certain absentee ballots dropped off by voters in the 25 counties affected by Hurricane Helene.
• Military and overseas-citizen absentee ballots that arrive by mail at county board of elections offices from Election Day through 5 p.m. November 14.

Remember, all election results on or in the immediate days after Election Day are unofficial. In the days after the election, bipartisan election officials in all 100 counties will audit all of the results during the canvass period.

County boards will certify election results on November 15. The state board will certify the final results on November 26.

More details about how North Carolina counts votes and reports results.