Every morning I get an email from a Communications Director in Mecklenburg County government indicating which of their early voting locations has the shortest lines. Below is the complete text of the poetic missive I received:
Long lines
everywhere. Some relief by mid-afternoon. Get
more.
If the numbers bear out, it’s looking good for our man down there. Here’s a document with early voting locations in Mecklenburg County.
Here’s the Charlotte locations for early voting as taken from the PDF, along with a current library activitt or fun fact about the location.
VOTE EARLY: ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY RESIDENTS
CPCC – Central Campus, 1325 E. 7th St., Charlotte
October 16 – 31 (Weekdays) 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
October 25 (Saturday) 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
October 26 (Sunday) 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
November 1 (Saturday) 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Final Day)Additional Charlotte Early Voting Locations And Hours of Operation
Beatties Ford Road Library, 2412 Beatties Ford Rd., Charlotte. Two Tone Turkeys: Taking colors for granted will be allowed as we design turkeys to hang around. Join us for stories and other turkey fun!
Freedom Regional Library, 1230 Alleghany St., Charlotte. Paperback Purses: Have an art attack and transform a book into a purse! Guys are welcome too!
Hayes Building (Ballantyne), 11405 N. Community House Rd., Charlotte: The Irby Building and the Hayes Building, two six-story buildings on the 12th green of the Golf Course at Ballantyne Resort, are two additional Bissell Development current projects. These buildings will add approximately 300,000 square feet of environmentally sustainable Class “A” office space to Ballantyne Corporate Park.
Independence Regional Library, 6015 Conference Dr., Charlotte. Mystery/Thriller Book Club. If you like reading crime novels by authors such as Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille, Ed McBain, and Stuart Woods, join our Mystery/Thriller Book Club. This month’s selection is Nothing to Lose by Lee Child. This book club meets every other month.
Main Branch Library (Downtown), 310 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Robert Creamer is an artist/photographer whose work features photographs created by scanning natural objects such as flowers, leaves and feathers. This class will give you the opportunity to try your hand at this technique. You will create digital art using a scanner and found objects. We will experiment with these objects and see what the results are when we scan them using a flatbed scanner and Photoshop. If you would like to save the artwork you create in class, please bring a disk or money to print out your creations (regular printing fees apply). Bring several interesting objects (leaves, shells, flowers, etc.) that you would like to use in your artwork.
Marion Diehl Rec. Center, 2219 Tyvola Rd., Charlotte, The Marion Diehl Recreation Center opened its doors to the citizens of Charlotte in 1980. It is named in honor of Mr. F. Marion Diehl who served as the Director of Charlotte Parks and recreation Department for many years. The center provides year round recreational programs for persons with or without disabilities.
Morrison Regional Library, 7015 Morrison Blvd., Charlotte. Anime Club The place for anime lovers old and new! In November, use your Anime & Manga drawing talents to make greeting cards for friends and family.
Mountain Island Library, 4420 Hoyt Galvin Way, Charlotte. Batteries Not Included: Tuneful Tales! We’ll break out the instruments and make some of our own to add music and rhythm to a few favorite books.
Plaza-Midwood, 1623 Central Ave., Charlotte. Winter Art Krawl: Holiday in the “Hood” An International Art Event. Our library branch will join the community for a fun night of art, music, and shopping.
South County Regional Library, 5801 Rea Rd., Charlotte. Monthly Stitch-In: A monthly gathering of the needlework kind. All are welcome to bring projects and share ideas and fun. Meets the third Tuesday of every month in the Community Room.
Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Rd., Charlotte. Oh SO Crafty: Soaps and bath salts — Walk-in and make decorative sopas and bath salts to keep or give as gifts!
Sugar Creek Library, 4045 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Greeting Cards & Gift Ideas — It’s the holiday— come join us as we learn how to create greeing cards for that special someone. Materials will be provided.
UNC – Charlotte (Cone Center): 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte: The Cone University Center is the community center of the University for all members of the University family-students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, and guests. It is not just a building; it is also an organization and a program. The Center provides services, conveniences, and amenities that the members of the University family need in their daily lives on campus. It also provides a place for getting to know and understand one another through informal association outside the classroom.
University City Regional Library, 301 E. W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte. Mask Making — Come and learn why mask and mask making is so important in various cultures. We will look at examples of mask from different cultures and then create some of our own. Thursday, October 23rd 4:00 p.m. Registration is Required
West Boulevard Library, 2157 West Blvd., Charlotte. Whatever Wednesdays — Programs to assist Community Support Specialists with accomplishing the individual care plans for adults
October 16 – 31 (Weekdays) 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
October 25 (Saturday) 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
October 26 (Sunday) 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
November 1 (Saturday) 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Final Day)Important: There will be NO Early Voting at the Board of Elections Office. For directions and further election related information visit our web site www.meckboe.org.
Don’t let up. Let’s win this thing.