North Carolina is the first state to send out absentee ballots for the general election -- as officials there juggle running an election with threats, harassment and a deluge of public records requests
Voting for this year's general election kicked off Friday with North Carolina becoming the first state to begin sending out absentee ballots, but it comes amid continuing concerns about the harassment of election officials by people who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election.
More than 50,000 absentee ballots had been requested as of Friday morning, and about a dozen ballots had been returned and accepted electronically as of late Friday afternoon via a secure online portal established to accept overseas and military ballots and those cast by visually impaired voters, state officials said.The Tar Heel State has long been the first in the country to vote -- under state law that allows general election ballots to be issued two months before Election Day.
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