🔴 Early voting going strong in western North Carolina despite hurricane damage

Politics

Hendersonville, North Carolina — The devastation of Hurricane Helene has not dampened the spirits — or suppressed early voting turnout — in storm-ravaged western North Carolina.“It’s a phenomenal turnout, but you’re actually seeing quite a bit fewer today because we’ve opened up three additional locations around the county,” said Brett Calloway, chairman of the Henderson County Republican Party.“So we were setting records, still setting records, every day on turnout, but now it's spread over four locations instead of just the one,” Calloway told Blaze News at a polling station. “That happened late last week. And we’ve had 3,000 to 4,000 every day.

The Blaze     Nov 02, 2024