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DKos Asheville Open Thread: Primary voting information and a letter [1]

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Date: 2024-03-02  

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — It's time to head to the polls! North Carolina's Primary Election Day is Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Election results will be shown on WLOS.com HERE.

Part of Super Tuesday, North Carolina voters will choose which candidates they want to be the party nominees in the General Election, which takes place Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. In-person early voting ends at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Need to know:

Below is a primary election guide for Western North Carolina voters, including candidates running in several major offices. More specific information about which candidates are running in each local race can be found here.

OFFICIAL VOTER GUIDE

Saturday, March 2, is the last day to vote early in the 2024 Primary Election.

As of Friday, March 1, there were 7.5 million registered voters in North Carolina -- and 502,740 early and absentee ballots had been cast.

On Saturday, early voting will run at all locations from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Corinne Duncan, director of Buncombe County Election Services, said that Friday, being the second-to-last day before voters would have to wait until Super Tuesday, March 5, to vote, is typically when election services officials see the greatest turnout for early voting. News 13 found this to be true, as a crew spoke with many residents who were out casting their votes on Friday.

Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards has been campaigning heavily with a misleading TV ad about how he is helping WNC law enforcement because he co-sponsored H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act, and has helped the border crisis by voting for H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. Neither of these bills have passed into law. Trump, who seems to control the Republicans, wouldn’t let them.

Only three of Edwards’ co-sponsored bills have actually become law: H.J. Res. 26, approving a criminal code for Washington, D.C.; H.R. 1096, approving minting of coins for the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps; and H.R. 5110, authorizing elementary and high schools to use funds to purchase weapons to teach shooting sports. None of Edwards’ co-sponsored laws are helping law enforcement or anyone else in Western North Carolina.

Republican colleagues who have co-sponsored nearly 200 bills with Edwards include MAGA Republicans Lauren Boebert, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Troy Nehls. Chuck Edwards should remember the adage “You are the company you keep,” but maybe he already is.

— John H. Fisher Hendersonville

Thanks for reading, wishing you a nice weekend.

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