Nearly 59% of voters in western NC cast ballots early
WRAPS UP THE EVENING IN GRAND
RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. OK, BRIAN,
THANK YOU. IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA, ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
HAVE HAD TO REALLY WORK
OVERTIME TO GET READY FOR
TOMORROW.
>> IN COUNTY, 17 OF THE 18
PRECINCTS HAD TO BE MOVED
WRAL'S MONICA CASEY IS LIVE
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
MY KID, THEY BROKE EARLY VOTING
RECORDS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AND THIS
PRECINCTS HERE, THOUGH, IS ONE
THAT IS TOO DAMAGED FOR ANY
VOTING TO HAPPEN HERE. TAKE
A LOOK AT THE STREET THAT LEADS
UP TO THIS POLLING PLACE IS
JUST GONE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE 17
THAT HAS HAD TO BE MOVED BY
ELECTIONS. OFFICIALS, THE NEW
SITE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS
AREA IS ABOUT 2 AND A HALF
MILES UP THE ROAD.
ABOUT 20% OF VOTERS IN COUNTY
WILL HAVE TO MOVE PRECINCT
LOCATIONS FOR ELECTION DAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THIS LUTHERAN
CHURCH TO THE FAIRVIEW
COMMUNITY CENTER ABOUT 5
MINUTES AWAY.
>> VOTERS WITH PRECINCT CHANGES
RECEIVED MAILER AND SIGNS ARE
POSTED AT THE OLD SITES.
COUNTY ELECTIONS. DIRECTOR
CORRINE DUNCAN TELLS ME THOSE
EARLY VOTING NUMBERS SHOW THE
PRIORITY OF VOTING FOR WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA. RESIDENTS
WANTING TO REESTABLISH SOME
NORMALCY IS IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE AND VOTING IS SOMETHING
THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY DOES
TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT
PEOPLE ARE YEARNING FOR THAT
AND THEY'RE DOING IT.
>> COUNTY ALONE HAS 800 POLL
WORKERS FOR EARLY VOTING AND
ELECTION DAY.
>> I HAVE WORKED ON THE COUNTY
ELECTION SERVICES FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS
A NICE WAY TO DO SOMETHING
POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> ISN'T BEAN IS A CHIEF JUDGE
JANET COUNTY PRECINCT PICKING
UP HER SUPPLIES THIS MORNING.
SHE HAD A MESSAGE FOR THOSE
COMING IN TO VOTE ON TUESDAY.
>> COME IN WITH GREECE AND
PATIENTS FEEL LIKE IN THIS
DISASTER. SO MUCH HAS BEEN
CHAOTIC AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
SORT OF THEIR WITS IN SARA LEE
BUT STRESSED, RIGHT? WE DON'T
HAVE POTABLE WATER IN THE CITY
FOR EXISTENCE IS JUST A IT'S AN
EXTRA STRAIN ON EVERYONE'S
PERSONAL LIVES.
WE DID ASK DUNCAN ABOUT WHETHER
THERE WILL BE ANY DELAY IN
RESULTS WITH ALL OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT
STILL EXIST HERE. SHE SAYS THEY
HAVE DONE DOUBLE TESTING ON
RESULT UPLOADING AND THEY DON'T
EXPECT ANY ISSUES THERE.
SHE DID SAY THAT SOME OF THOSE
EARLY VOTING TALLIES COULD BE
COMING OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER,
JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN EARLY VOTING
HERE IN COUNTY.
>> LIVE HERE, ASHLEY, ALL
MONICA CASEY, WRAL NEWS.
WELL, THEY SURE DO SEEM TO HAVE
A GREAT ATTITUDE ABOUT
EVERYTHING. 25 COUNTIES IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAD
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES DURING
EARLY VOTING DUE TO A DISASTER
DECLARATION FROM THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS.
>> VOTERS IN THOSE COUNTIES
MAKE UP 16% OF OUR STATE'S
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED
VOTERS. A LITTLE MORE THAN 59%
OF THOSE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA