<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks Pat. We should all share on our neighborhood social sites. Important everyone votes. Especially with the school bonds on the ballot. Our Board of Ed rep told me that 22 of 33 elementary schools are severely over crowded. New capacity and refurbishments are needed. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stephen Knill</span><br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mobile <a href="tel:+1 917 620 4941">+1 917 620 4941</a><br>knillsj@gmail.com<br></span><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 18, 2022, at 7:03 AM, Pat Carstensen <pats1717@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Early Voting and Same Day Registration starts this week. Beyond the US Senate race, there are NC legislative and judicial races, a sheriff race and the bond referendums. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">Get
your<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><b class="ContentPasted0">sample ballot</b><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>by looking yourself up at</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0">https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/</a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)" class="ContentPasted0"> (you
can carry in your list of choices on your phone). I generally advocate looking yourself up once a year or so just to make sure your record is still accurate.</span></span></div>
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voting</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> is at <a href="https://www.dcovotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/37248/637937525065370000" id="LPlnk728384">https://www.dcovotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/37248/637937525065370000</a>.
T</span><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:inherit; font-size:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit; font-weight:inherit">he polls are open from 8 AM to 7:30PM on weekdays and some
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The election folks are excited about "<b>real-time mapping tool</b>" that shows the wait time at each site (</span><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, NotoColorEmoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Android Emoji, EmojiSymbols" style="color:inherit; font-size:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit; font-weight:inherit"><a href="https://durhamnc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3ba5733d5de645debd6e6089e92c7f32" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview">https://durhamnc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3ba5733d5de645debd6e6089e92c7f32</a>) so
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You obviously need ID if you are registering; p<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">retty
much anything "official" that connects your name to your current address (on paper on or your phone) will work. Otherwise, few people will need to show ID </span> (the exception is a few cases when something didn't match up on registrations sent in -- another
reason to look yourself up in the voter rolls since<span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><a href="https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/</a> <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">should
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has been available for the last month). To return the ballot, either mail it or make sure it is being carried in by you or a "near relative" (there is an official list of what counts as "near"). You can track your ballot at: <a href="https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk537693">https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/</a></font><br>
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