AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — Boards of elections across several mountain counties are working to ensure people impacted by flooding will be able to vote.
Early voting in North Carolina starts in just 10 days, but it could take months to repair roads in the High Country. In Avery County, Channel 9′s Dave Faherty learned 14 of 19 polling locations there can’t be used.
At one county office building, 4 feet of water inside left behind a pile of debris. Others are cut off because the roads are obstructed.
The Avery County Senior Center is home to one of the county’s bigger polling locations. But inside, there’s a layer of mud from the flooding in Newland.
Faherty learned the early voting location in Newland fortunately wasn’t damaged, but as storm relief efforts continue, cots have been set up inside for first responders. It’s the county’s only early voting location.
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