There’s a week left in the early voting period for the Nov. 6 general election.

“It hasn’t matched 2016 or 2014, but it’s been steady for a mid-term,” said Anita Bullock Branch, deputy director of the Beaufort County Board of Elections. “It’s probably a little above average for a mid-term.”

Candidates or their representatives are maintaining a visible presence at the four early voting sites throughout the county, especially at the Board of Elections office at 1308 Highland Drive, Suite 104, Washington. The other early voting sites are at the Aurora Community Building, 442 Third St.; John A. Wilkinson Center, 144 W. Main St. in Belhaven; and the Chocowin­ity Volunteer Fire Depart­ment, 512 N.C. Highway33 East.

The county’s remaining early voting opportunities take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the following days: Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. On Nov. 3, a Saturday, early voting occurs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

As of 7 p.m. Thursday, 5,316 Beaufort County voters — 15.86 percent of the county’s 33,504 voters — had marked ballots, according to the latest figures from the Board of Elections. Of that number, 3,764 voters cast ballot at the Board of Elections office, with 878 voters marking ballots at Chocowinity, 467 voters casting ballots at Belhaven and 207 voters marking ballots at Aurora. So far, the first day of early voting, Oct. 17, had the largest turnout with 905 voters at the four early voting sites.

In the 2016 general election (a presidential election), 14,489 voters had cast ballots during the early voting period, breaking the previous record of 12,134 voters who marked ballots early in the 2012 general election.

Statewide, more than 300 early voting sites will have offered approximately 50,000 combined hours of voting by Nov. 3, the end of the early voting period, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Across the state, a little over 400,000 voters have marked ballots early, according to data from the state board. Early voting turnout in some counties adversely affected by Hurricane Florence is not as high as usual, according to the state board.