Early voting

So we will bring you the latest as that happens each day.

Something else to know is that on Monday, early voting started for the November general election.

You have two weeks of early voting that again started on Monday and Continues till Tuesday, November 3rd is the general election day.

Contested races at the city level all the way up to the governor and then Congress.

So if you're in Pope County and you want to vote early, you can vote at the Pope County election headquarters.

So there are no surprises and you know exactly what you want to do.

Go to VoterView.org. Again, V-O-T-E-R-V-I-E-W.org. You put in a couple of facts about yourself, name, birthday, and it will pull up your individual ballot.

You can see what you're voting on before you go.

Residents are advised to avoid contact with the pond's wildlife while officials investigate the source of the outbreak.

Early voting opened Monday in Dorchester County, bringing immediate technical challenges to polling sites.

License scanning machines malfunctioned, creating long lines and forcing voters to wait for extended periods.

At locations including Miles Jamison Baptist Church in Summerville, some ballots were marked incorrectly, requiring election officials to intervene and correct records before the votes were cast.

Trump said he could approve the sanctions measure at a later date if he chooses, but believes doing so now would be counterproductive.

Early voting is up across most of the country.

Election tracking data shows Georgia is reporting a 40% increase in first-day turnout, and ballots cast in North Carolina and Maine are up 38% from the last midterm cycle.

Wow, that Georgia story is pretty wild.

The Justice Department is battling dozens of states over access to voter rolls and has sued California over allegations that ballots were sent to thousands of people.

Recent surveys show only about half of Americans expect the midterms to be free and fair.

Meanwhile, early voting is up across most of the country.

Election tracking data shows Georgia is reporting a 40% increase in first-day turnout, and ballots cast in North Carolina and Maine are up 38% from the last cycle.

Happy Monday.

I just want to say to our WBOK listening audience, tomorrow is the start of early voting, 830 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tomorrow, the 20th through the 27th, from a Tuesday to a Tuesday, assuming that they're closed Sunday.

So whoever's going to the forum tomorrow, it would be nice if you would have been able to go and vote tomorrow.

family, please post this on your social media pages.

Early voting October 20th through October 27th.

We have to do it because our political leaders are not.

Y'all have a good one.

All right, Cedric.

He'll be on the campaign trail in Kansas today.

Uh, early voting is climbing across several states ahead of the midterm election, so there seems to be some energy.

What we know about what they're energetic about seems to be the economy.

But it's very interesting.

And you've played the game of, "Well, it's all about gas, but I can't end the war till after the midterm, and then gas will come down.

Trust me." I don't know if that's gonna pan out.

And the early signs, early voting-wise anyway, is there's a very energized, potentially a very energized voting bloc.

Whose, we don't know.

Yes, all roads lead back to the state of Florida with me, you know that.

Anyway, Michael McDonald, one of the best academics and researchers when it comes to understanding the early vote and where it's going.

Anyway, his sub stack is must read every single day, does updates as he gets the data in.

It is worth the time.

But this stuff matters.

But some of the comparisons that he's been doing.

So he took a look at North Carolina after the first few days of the early vote.

And of course, North Carolina is useful here and he's trying to use it.

We'll have more coverage of the situation at Elliott Woods and Chase Park later this week.

Turning to elections, today is day five of early voting in North Carolina, and turnout here in Orange County is up 66% from the last midterm election four years ago.

13,022 Orange County voters have already cast ballots in the first four days, up from 7,858 in 2022.

Early voting continues today at six locations in Orange County, the Chapel Hill Public Library, the Seymour Senior Center, Chapel of the Cross on Franklin Street downtown, the Drakeford Library Complex in Carrboro, Orange Works at Hillsboro Commons on Mayor Street, and the Eflin Cheeks Community Center.

There are also 10 early voting sites in Durham and five in Chatham.

You can get the full list of locations at chapelborough.com. And visit Chapelborough for more election coverage, including our candidate introduction series, where you can hear from the candidates on your ballot in their own words.

Turning to local government, the Orange County School Board meets tonight at 7 with an agenda that includes a safety update and new data on students and staff from the beginning of the school year.