There's uncertainty about what voter turnout might look like in Western North Carolina, considering some voters are facing difficult situations.

Election Superintendent Tiffany McLendon said Treutlen County has just over 4,000 registered voters. As of Saturday afternoon, almost 650 people have already voted.

More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of the state continued to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.

North Carolina broke its record for turnout on the first day of early voting, the state board of elections announced.

Early voting begins in the battleground state of North Carolina on Thursday, as the western part of the state still feels the impacts of Hurricane Helene’s flooding three weeks later. More than 400 voting locations in the state’s 100 counties were expected to open Thursday for the early voting period,

North Carolina set a record for the first day of early voting, but the impact from Hurricane Helene may still depress turnout across the state, The New […]

"The conditions improve each and every day," the executive director of North Carolina's State Board of Elections said.