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Western North Carolina sees record voter turnout despite Helene challenges
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11/5/2024
Voters in western North Carolina have turned out in record numbers despite ongoing recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, North Carolina election officials were
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faced with a major challenge, ensuring voters in disaster-hit areas still had
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the opportunity to cast their ballots. The state quickly mobilized to provide
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options for early voting and on election day. Helene left a path of destruction
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that threatened to disrupt the democratic process for thousands of
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residents, but in the days following the hurricane, efforts began to restore
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essential services. This includes working with the Postal Service to ensure
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absentee ballot mail-ins and voter registrations could continue without
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delay. Local election offices got back up and running in just a week. To know that
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this has worked well, you look at the turnout and the fact that Western North
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Carolina is outpacing the rest of the state thus far. It's just a testament to
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the dedication and the extraordinary efforts by the election officials, by our
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partners at the state, local and federal levels, to make sure that even when
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devastation struck, that that did not stop voting. Legislation was passed to
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allow 25 disaster-affected counties to modify polling hours and locations as
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needed.
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