Watauga County absentee ballot tracker

Moss Brennan, Political Editor|September 7, 2020|172 Views

Voters in the Tarheel State have requested nearly 900,000 ballots so far — dwarfing the 65,000 ballot requests made by this time in 2016.

The number of requests for absentee ballots in Watauga County has doubled already with the deadline to request under two months away.

Use the dashboard to see how many absentee ballots have been requested in Watauga County by party affiliation. Numbers as of Sept. 17.

More information on voting by mail can be found on the North Carolina State Board of Elections website.

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Moss Brennan, Political Editor

Moss Brennan (he/him) is a senior journalism major with a minor in political science and media studies. He has worked on The Appalachian since freshman...

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One Response to “Watauga County absentee ballot tracker”

Chris on September 8th, 2020 6:25 am

It is interesting that most absentee ballots are being requested by Democrats. The next is “unaffiliated”. More chances of a false election result. Way to go North Carolina.

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