What I found telling was the Sunday turnout. In 2022, NC had 23 counties with Sunday In person voting available. This year that number is seven. A decrease of more than 2/3. But for all that, the total number of *ballots* was UP over 2022 by just a hair under 4000 votes. In less than a third as many counties.
If nothing else, it suggests that the usual rules do not apply in this election.
It's awful that so few counties have Sunday voting. I'm sure it's because Republicans took over the elections board and tried to eliminate Sunday voting everywhere since it's a big day for African Americans. But the turnout was amazing considering how few counties had Sunday voting.
Our local Republican Party in Transylvania county is actually promoting early voting. I don’t know what effect that’ll have but seemed to me to be an interesting twist.
Let's hope the enthusiasm to turn out is sustsinable.
What I found telling was the Sunday turnout. In 2022, NC had 23 counties with Sunday In person voting available. This year that number is seven. A decrease of more than 2/3. But for all that, the total number of *ballots* was UP over 2022 by just a hair under 4000 votes. In less than a third as many counties.
If nothing else, it suggests that the usual rules do not apply in this election.
It's awful that so few counties have Sunday voting. I'm sure it's because Republicans took over the elections board and tried to eliminate Sunday voting everywhere since it's a big day for African Americans. But the turnout was amazing considering how few counties had Sunday voting.
I wonder how these numbers look next to the 2024 results. (I know, Presidential…) but this is not a BAU midterm.
Our local Republican Party in Transylvania county is actually promoting early voting. I don’t know what effect that’ll have but seemed to me to be an interesting twist.