ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County polls were busy Tuesday. As of 4 p.m., some 21,154 voters had cast ballots in Buncombe County, election officials said. That exceeds 2020 numbers, when the voter count was 19,600, but it is lower than the 2018 numbers, when 38,500 voters cast their ballots on Election Day.

Polls will close at 7:30 p.m. If you are in line at 7:30 p.m., you will be able to vote.

This year saw a record turnout for Early Voting with more than 116,000 voters, outpacing 2020’s Early Voting total by 10,000 people, Buncombe County election officials said. See a breakdown of how many people voted Tuesday at each precinct here.

So far, the locations with the highest turnout include Pisgah Elementary School with 888 voters and Liberty Baptist Church with 829 voters, officials said. Those who haven’t voted yet can check the wait counts here.

“We are thrilled to see so many people turning out, and we’ve heard from our poll workers that lines are moving smoothly,” Elections Services Director Corinne Duncan said in a news release.

You must vote at the polling place in your assigned precinct. If you need help finding your voting location, enter your name in the Voter Search Tool. Don’t forget, registered voters must bring their photo ID and go to their assigned voting location. If residents don’t have a photo ID, they can vote provisionally.

Curbside voting

Another feature Buncombe County Election Services offers is curbside voting for those who are unable to go inside the precinct because of age or disability. Just pull up to the curbside voting sign, and an election worker will come out and help you.

Need to turn in an absentee ballot?

The deadline to return the completed absentee ballot is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Absentee ballots should be returned to 59 Woodfin Place and must be returned only by the voter or the voter’s near relative. If you are in a different county, you may return your absentee ballot to that county’s Board of Elections office.

For more information, click here.

“Our community has been so much in recent weeks, but we are resilient and committed to the elections process, and there has been much to celebrate already today,” Duncan said in the release.