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Sept. 15 is the voter registration deadline for municipal elections

Since photo IDs will be required in municipal elections in North Carolina this year, the state Board of Elections is beginning the approval process for how university and college IDs…
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Juneteenth!

We’ll be at the Juneteenth Celebration – commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865. Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18, 11:30 to 6 pm, at Pack Square

‘Test for American democracy’: SCOTUS hears oral arguments in NC elections case

Common Cause, a respondent in Moore v. Harper, joined a group of community organizers [including Suzanne Fisher, President of LWV Asheville-Buncombe] in Asheville on Wednesday to speak out against “Independent…
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Counties across North Carolina officially certify votes

NOV. 18, 2022 – Boards of elections statewide canvassed votes from the 2022 midterm elections on Friday. (Photo: WLOS staff)   By Samiar Nefzi, November 18, 2022 ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS)…
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11th District voter turnout in Asheville, WNC among highest: US House election data

A chart showing the 11th U.S. District House District has some of the highest turnout in the state among North Carolina’s 14 congressional districts. Chris Cooper, Western Carolina University By…
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More than 41,000 Buncombe County voters have already cast ballots

NOV. 1, 2022 – More than 41,000 Buncombe County voters have already cast ballots in the 2022 General Election, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections website. (Photo…
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Early voters showing up in droves across North Carolina

OCTOBER 25, 2022 – On the fourth day since Early Voting began in North Carolina for the 2022 mid-term election, Buncombe County Election officials say voter turnout is already approaching…
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