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Voter Registration deadline coming up

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published February 5, 2020 at 4:10 PM EST

A deadline for state residents who want to vote in the March primary is coming up. The state Board of Elections says this Friday (Feb. 7) is the regular voter registration deadline for the primary election. However, it notes those who miss that deadline can still register and vote during the early voting period that runs from Feb. 13 thru the 29th. But while voters can register during the early voting period and update their address, they can’t change their party affiliation, which needs to be done by Friday. Photo ID will not be required to vote in the primary.
George Olsen
George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.
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