Beginning today, North Carolina’s county boards of elections will begin mailing absentee ballots to voters who request them for the 2022 general election. This signals the start of voting for this important midterm election. Election Day is 61 days away – November 8th. As of yesterday morning, nearly 53,000 NC voters had requested an absentee ballot for the general election. More than 7.35 million voters are registered in the state.