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county election board in the state to add additional early voting sites and expand early voting hours due to damage from Hurricane Helene.from the RNC and North Carolina GOP addressed to Buncombe County election officials, Philip R. Thomas, the state’s election integrity counsel at the RNC, urged the county’s Democrat-controlled election board to “immediately” call an “emergency meeting” to add more early voting sites and hours.
Thomas called the county’s plan “demonstrably inadequate compared to other counties affected by Hurricane Helene.” He said the county’s early voting cites are centered on Asheville, which he claims “unfairly punishes rural voters who have restricted mobility due to the hurricane’s impact on transportation infrastructure.”by about 75,000 votes, but he lost Buncombe County by about 34,000 votes. Both he and Vice President Kamala Harris are trying to court the state’s 16 electoral votes.
“This is unacceptable partisan voter suppression by the Democrat board members. We demand immediate action and expanded voting access for Western North Carolina voters who need it most,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said in a statement announcing the letter.
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