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Early voting is underway

PRE News & Ideas | By George Olsen
Published February 16, 2020 at 5:13 PM EST

Early voting for the March primary gets underway Thursday, Feb. 13. The 17-day early voting period runs through Saturday, February 29. During the early voting period, any registered voter can vote at any early voting site in their county. Residents can also register and vote at the same time using same-day registration. During the early voting period voters can update their name and address, but can not switch party affiliation. Thru Saturday, Feb. 15 over 79,000 residents had cast early ballots. About 44% of early ballots cast thru Feb. 15 were cast by registered Democrats, compared to nearly 29% by Republicans and about 27% unaffiliated. Absentee by-mail voting is ongoing, with the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the March primary is February 25. Those requests must be done by mail or in person to their county board of elections. The primary date is March 3. Voters are NOT required to show photo ID for the primary election.

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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