If you requested an absentee ballots for the general election it should arrive in your mailbox soon if it hasn’t already. According to elections officials ballot mailings started last week. Absentee ballot requests can be made either online, by mail or in-person until Nov. 1. If you need to register to vote the deadline is Oct. 14. North Carolina’s one-stop, in-person early voting starts Oct. 20. Election Day is Nov. 8.