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Cheryl Johnson's avatar

Based on the title of this article, I was hoping you would cover the actions of the NCSBE to make voting easier for those effected by Helene.

See https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/State_Board_Meeting_Docs/2024-10-07/20241007%20Emergency%20Resolution%20for%2013%20WNC%20Counties_Final_Signed.pdf

Lots of legalese and IANAL, but I think this says that anyone in affected counties who has relocated can request an absentee ballot (even if they had already had requested one) and they can return it to any NC county Board of Elections and that county BoE will take responsibility for getting it back to the correct BOE's staff. In this case the deadline is still 5pm election day for getting it to a BOE, but that BOE has until canvass time to get it to the right county.

The BoE are also trying to set up early voting in adjacent counties if one counties facilities are untenable.

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