North Carolina
General Election
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 6:30 AM – 7:30 PM
| Voter Registration Deadline | 10/11/2024 |
| Online Voter Registration? | ✓ Yes |
| Complete Vote By Mail Online? | ✓ Yes |
| Complete Voter Registration Online? | ✓ Yes |
| Same-Day In-Person Registration + Voting | ✓ Yes, only during early voting period. |
| In-Person Absentee/Early Voting Period | 10/17/2024 – 11/2/2024 |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Eligibility | All eligible voters |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Begins | Ballots mailed to voters 9/6/2024 or as soon thereafer as they are available |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Deadline | 11/5/2024 (7:30 pm) |
| ID needed to Early Vote? | All voters will be allowed to vote with or without a photo ID. If a voter cannot show photo ID when voting in person, they can still vote with a provisional ballot and either (1) fill out an ID Exception Form or (2) return to their county couard of elections offices with a photo ID by 11/14/2024. If absentee-by-mail voters are unable to include a copy of their photo ID with their ballot return envelope, they can also fill out an ID Exception Form with their ballot. |
Candidate Comparison
Governor
Josh Stein (D)
Mark Robinson (R)
| Stein has proposed reinstating an income tax credit that would give tax relief to more than 2 million families. He supports raising the minimum wage for hard working North Carolinians, which is currently among the lowest in the country. [1] | Robinson has remained silent on reinstating a North Carolina income tax credit, which would provide money to more than 2 million families. Robinson opposes raising the minimum wage for hard working North Carolinians. [4] |
| As Attorney General, Stein defended the Affordable Care Act, which provides affordable health insurance to more than 1 million North Carolinians, and he supports the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduced prescription drug prices and capped seniors’ insulin costs at $35. [2] | Robinson has called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, saying it “enslaves” people. He opposes the Inflation Reduction Act. [5] |
| As Attorney General, Stein sued companies for attempting to price-gouge consumers. Stein has also investigated predatory mortgage lenders and taken action against anticompetitive conduct that raises people’s rents. [3] | Robinson has a long history of making controversial and conspiratorial statements, including inflammatory rhetoric that encourages violence. [6] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- “Stein wants to address economic issues if elected governor,” 5/17/24, RockyMountTelegram.com, https://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/local/stein-wants-to-address-economic-issues-if-elected-governor/article_f0ad66f8-1443-11ef-b6c4-934f53f45865.html;
“Josh Stein spends first week as Democratic nominee laying out plan to cut taxes for working families,” 3/11/24, JoshStein.org, https://www.joshstein.org/press-releases/josh-stein-spends-first-week-as-democratic-nominee-laying-out-plan-to-cut-taxes-for-working-families;
“State minimum wage laws,” 7/1/24, DOL.gov, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state#la;
“Making the economy work for everyone,” accessed 8/22/24, JoshStein.org, https://www.joshstein.org/making-economy-work;
- “Increasing access to health care,” accessed 8/23/24, JoshStein.org, https://www.joshstein.org/increasing-access-to-health-care;
“Attorney General Josh Stein defends health care at the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow,” 11/9/20, NCDOJ.gov, https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-defends-health-care-at-the-u-s-supreme-court-tomorrow/;
“Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period report: final national snapshot,” 1/24/24, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
Josh Stein (@JoshStein_), 9/27/22, X.com, https://x.com/JoshStein_/status/1574823367726829575;
“On the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, millions of Medicare enrollees see savings on health care costs,” 8/16/23, HHS.gov, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/16/first-anniversary-inflation-reduction-act-millions-medicare-enrollees-savings-health-care-costs.html;
- “Attorney General Josh Stein leads bipartisan coalition of states in support of eliminating junk fees,” 2/8/24, NCDOJ.gov, https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-leads-bipartisan-coalition-of-states-in-support-of-eliminating-junk-fees/;
“Attorney General Josh Stein reaches $20,000 settlement with Charlotte area gas station over colonial pipeline price gouging,” 11/10/21, NCDOJ.gov, https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-reaches-20000-settlement-with-charlotte-area-gas-station-over-colonial-pipeline-price-gouging/;
“Addressing affordable housing,” accessed 8/23/24, JoshStein.org, https://www.joshstein.org/addressing-housing-affordability;
“Attorney General Josh Stein sues RealPage for illegally raising rents,”” 8/23/24, NCDOJ.gov, https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-sues-realpage-for-illegally-raising-rents/;
- “Issues,” accessed 8/22/24, MarkRobinsonforNC.com, https://www.markrobinsonfornc.com/issues;
Mark Keith Robinson, 11/29/16, Facebook.com, https://www.facebook.com/mark.k.robinson.3/posts/pfbid0292Asb2ug6wrFbVMburHRJ9fWBEF7ZecvGmoZdPJvcSum6YLJ9h5Dj8vWG8Ri43VEl?rdid=6ZooytYFj0cixtUk;
- “North Carolina GOP guv candidate Mark Robinson on Obamacare: it’s an effort to ‘enslave everybody,'” 3/11/24, DailyBeast.com, https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-carolina-gop-guv-candidate-mark-robinson-on-obamacare-its-an-effort-to-enslave-everybody;
“Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period report: final national snapshot,” 1/24/24, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC), 6/20/24, X.com, https://x.com/markrobinsonNC/status/1803866826709045658;
“On the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, millions of Medicare enrollees see savings on health care costs,” 8/16/23, HHS.gov, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/16/first-anniversary-inflation-reduction-act-millions-medicare-enrollees-savings-health-care-costs.html;
- “North Carolina candidates Robinson, Morrow face national scrutiny over controversial, anti-government comments,” 3/15/24, MyFox8.com, https://myfox8.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/north-carolina-candidates-robinson-morrow-face-national-scrutiny-over-controversial-anti-government-comments/;
“NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s social media posts show a long history of outrage in 7-year examination,” 3/23/23; MyFox8.com, https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/mark-robinson-social-media-history/;