Charlotte’s Early Vote: Less Than 2 Percent Turnout Before Election Day
Mecklenburg ended early voting with just 13,871 ballots cast—less than 2% of registered voters. The primaries aren’t decided yet, but the electorate remains vanishingly small.
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Mercury Local Weekly Wrap-Up: Transit Taxes, Ballantyne Updates, Farmington Politics, and Clean Design
Coffee-fueled Mercury Local’s week: transit taxes, Ballantyne inflatables, Farmington arrests, and endless tinkering with site colors—all to keep our pages clean, quick, and findable.
Why Our Political Coverage Looks The Way It Does
We cover politics as if it matters, because it does. We’re a startup that will miss a comma now and then, but we will correct fast, cite sources, and keep voters at the center of every decision.
Mercury Local vs QC News: Why Our Election Hub Reads Differently
Mercury Local’s Election 2025 hub delivers ad-free, in-depth guides and voter resources—unlike QC News’s cluttered feeds. A sharper, cleaner way to follow Charlotte’s races.
Showing Up vs. Spinning Out: Mercury Local and the Good Daily Divide
Mercury Local uses AI for transcripts and data—not to impersonate reporters. Our Charlotte election coverage proves why presence, not packaging, makes local news matter.