Here We Go: North Carolina Officials Change Election Rules in Hurricane-Devastated Counties that Mostly Voted for Trump, Fueling Republican Election Integrity Concerns
Residents of the small North Carolina town of Bat Cave are left to fend for themselves in the wake of Hurricane Helene (Screenshot: New York Post)
In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through the Southeast, including critical swing states like North Carolina, state election officials have made adjustments to voting rules in response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene.
The North Carolina Elections Board, in a ‘bipartisan effort,’ passed an emergency resolution aimed at facilitating early voting in 13 counties severely affected by the hurricane.
Notably, all but one of these counties—Buncombe—voted for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to Fox News.
This raises questions about whether the adjustments are truly about aiding displaced voters or if they are a tactical maneuver to sway the electoral landscape in favor of Democrats.
