Buncombe County making changes to voting after Hurricane Helene [Video]

COLDEST NIGHTS AND HOW LOW YOUR TOWN WILL GO IN. COMMITMENT 2024 HURRICANE HELENE IS IMPACTING VOTING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. JUST DAYS BEFORE EARLY VOTING STARTS. AND WITH MANY PEOPLE STILL WITHOUT POWER OR CLEAN WATER, BUNCOMBE COUNTY LEADERS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS FOR VOTERS. OUR NATE STANLEY JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH MORE. NATE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? RASHAD, AMONG A CHANGE TO POLLING LOCATION HOURS, THE COUNTY PLANS TO OPEN SEVERAL NEW LOCATIONS. SO VOTING CAN CONTINUE TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THERE HAS BEEN A BIG INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR ABSENTEE BY MAIL, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000 REQUESTS JUST IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. A SHIFT IN VOTER NEEDS FOLLOWING HURRICANE HELENE, ACCORDING TO BUNCOMBE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS CORINNE DUNCAN. SHE SAYS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, VOTERS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY’LL BE ABLE TO CAST THEIR …