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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
hours on weekends, and there are 8 locations (Main, North, South and East Libraries, </font><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">NCCU,
ERUFF, Duke and the River Church)</font><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">. </font></div>
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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
you can see where to go for the least waiting time.</font><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"> It is
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general, voting on Monday to Wednesday, at NCCU and later in the day are good times to avoid crowds.</font><br>
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If you are using <b>curbside</b>, there is a pole with a button on it that will ring a bell to let the election officials know you are waiting. </div>
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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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</span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Ballots by Mail</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">, the information is at </span><a href="http://www.dcovotes.com/voters/voting/absentee-voting" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPlnk265877" style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">http://www.dcovotes.com/voters/voting/absentee-voting</a><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> </font><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">(this
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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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><b>COVID update:</b> It is still recommended to wear a mask, given the high number of people voting and average age of voters. They are no longer doing one-use pens but wiping the ones
being re-used frequently (I'm still going to hunt down my pen from the spring and use it).</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Regards, pat</div>
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