Voting starts in North Carolina in blustery windy morning. Makeshift tents make up election booths in North Carolina, one of the areas most devastated areas by Hurricane Helene.
With little time to respond, the state’s election officials placed generator-powered “festival tents” for voters here and at six other locations in the region.
Voting starts in North Carolina in makeshift tents with biggest turnout
As expected it’s been fairly slow start this morning in an area devastated by the Hurricane, the clean up operation is still ongoing.
However, Lilian Govus, Buncombe County’s communication director, estimates that western North Carolina will break its total voter turnout record of 78% that it set in 2020.
