President Biden and Vice President Harris will travel to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to assess the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, which has killed at least 140 people.
The hurricane’s destruction creates a massive challenge for election officials in a battleground state critical to the outcome of the presidential race.
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North Carolina election officials are scrambling to make sure the state's over 7 million registered voters can cast a ballot in the upcoming presidential election, after flooding from Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in the western part of the state.
North Carolina election officials say they will do everything in their power to ensure that voters in the crucial presidential swing state will be able to cast their ballots despite the devastation of Hurricane Helene and the destruction of basic infrastructure only about a month before the November election.
Flooding risks delaying or destroying mail ballots, which started going out earlier this month in the state, and has forced the closure of several county election offices.
The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 132 across six states. A crisis is unfolding in the mountains of western North Carolina,
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The death toll from powerful storm Helene jumped to at least 93 on Sunday, with one county in North Carolina alone reporting 30 deaths, authorities said, as rescuers battled to reach people in need across the southeastern United States.