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Charlotte Early Voting Turnout: Less Than 2 Percent
Nearly three-quarters of the ballots came in the last five days, led by University City Library with 2,965.
Peter Cellino·Sep 7, 2025
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Elections
Turnout, ballot questions, candidate fields and how Mercury Local covers elections.
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Mercury Local Wrap-Up: Transit Taxes, Ballantyne, Farmington
Coffee, Cursor, Chaos — It's 10:30 on the Friday before Labor Day.
Peter Cellino·Aug 29, 2025
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Why Our Political Coverage Looks The Way It Does
We believe informed voters are the point. We publish political coverage because elections are where public life becomes real.
Peter Cellino·Aug 23, 2025
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Charlotte & Farmington Wrap: Transit Tax Vote, Review Board
This Week at Mercury Local: What We Published and Why It Matters. We build for trust, not clicks.
Peter Cellino·Aug 8, 2025
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Charlotte Election Coverage Leads the Week of August 3
The Week We Earned the Tagline. Some weeks, you publish news. This week, we published news that matters.
Peter Cellino·Aug 2, 2025