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[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

This is what election fraud looks like in North Carolina.

https://t.co/LOXJgpLo6e
#ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

@jonkimball @NCSBE @googlemaps Ah yes. Following that link on mobile takes one to a Google Maps page. So it's the embed on the desktop version that's getting blocked by El Goog because @ncsbe is over the free plan limit for embeds.

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

With Early Voting in North Carolina just 4 days away, @ncsbe's site locator page has stumbled across @googlemaps new draconian limits on free map views. The text info is still worthwhile, but the maps are now pretty useless: https://t.co/1KmM1n2SiK
#ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

Psst, @ncsbe: OpenStreetMap!

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

@jonkimball @NCSBE @googlemaps Interesting. Thanks.

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

When you say "damaged voting sites" does that include the 30+% of early voting sites in Florence disaster counties that @NCGOP-driven legislation forced to close this year? Yeah...no.

[David R. Lewis @DavidRLewisNC]

My office is preparing legislation to move voter registration back until Oct. 15 in impacted areas, fund additional voter education efforts for displaced individuals, and allow quick replacement of damaged voting sites. #ncga #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

Good review of how @NCGOP-driven @NCLeg's law requiring uniform Early Voting hrs across NC forced closure of EV sites in poorer counties this yr. Not mentioned: Hurricane Flo disaster counties are hardest hit, averaging 1 in 3 sites shuttered. https://t.co/3cM49Wl1KS
#ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

@andy_penry

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

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TELL YOUR STATE REPS: LET NORTH CAROLINA'S HURRICANE SURVIVORS VOTE THIS FALL!
1.2 million voters in N. Carolina's 18 Hurricane Flo disaster counties will find it very difficult to vote this fall. Homes are destroyed. Roads are ruined. Postal service is disrupted... #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

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Our reps must fix the mess they created & help Flo victims vote this fall. Plz call/write your state rep/senator. Demand an @NCLeg emergency session to mandate & FUND @NCSBE emergency mobile Early Voting centers for Flo disaster counties! https://t.co/SpqF16NUSA #VotingRights

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

3/4
Among NC's 18 Hurricane Flo disaster counties, 10 cut EV site numbers this year compared to 2014, by an average of 33% (max: 75%), putting the average voter's home much further from the nearest polling place. Now (post-Flo), many live impossibly far from a polling place.

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

BREAKING: Word on the (Jones) street is that some North Carolina @NCLeg members are considering calling for an emergency session to mandate/fund mobile emergency Early Voting sites for Flo-impacted counties. RETWEET including your state rep/sen's handle to support this! #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

At this moment, this is logical. There's no point, just yet, in mailing out absentee-by-mail ballots to in-state folks who still have iffy or no mail delivery.

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

This just in: a note from @NCSBE's PIO clarifies that "We are sending out overseas & military ballots for the counties that cannot," rather than civilian absentee ballots. Also: "sending out English & Spanish voter reg apps and absentee ballot requests to all shelters" #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

One thought: the @NCLeg helped get us into this mess, w/ its climate denial & especially its constant dirty tricks to suppress Early Voting. How about calling an emergency session to mandate AND FUND emergency mobile EV sites for Florence-affected counties? #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

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DISCUSS: given budgetary & statutory constraints, how can the state, counties, & @NCSBE best mitigate Florence's certain impact on 2018 turnout, to avoid a repeat of Matthew's voter suppression of 2016? #ncpol

[NC-GoVote @NC_GoVote]

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On the plus side, @ncnaacp has announced an initiative to help voters in impacted counties vote absentee-by-mail. But mail pickup/delivery could be difficult for some time still.