N.C. Board of Elections extends absentee ballot deadline for western N.C.

On Monday, Oct. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed a resolution allowing accommodations for the 13 western North Carolina counties most impacted by Hurricane Helene.

The resolution gives county election boards more leniency in implementing early voting, polling places, poll worker recruitment and assignment, office operations and absentee ballot processing by allowing counties to amend plans and procedures.

Under the resolution, local election boards can make changes at their discretion through a bipartisan majority vote.

Additionally, the NCSBE Executive Director will designate a North Carolina Division of Emergency Management liaison to each of the 13 affected counties — Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancey Counties — to provide support in coordinating resources to conduct elections.



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