Voter registration deadlines for three of the states hardest hit by Hurricane Helene—Florida, Tennessee, Georgia—have expired while South Carolina’s Oct. 6 voter registration deadline has been extended to Oct. 14, and North Carolina’s remains Oct. 11, although voters can register in-person during the Oct. 17–Nov. 2 early voting period.
There could be changes in the 25 disaster area counties in western North Carolina. The state Legislature convenes a special session Oct. 9 in Raleigh. Among possible adjustments is providing counties in some disaster areas permission and money to relocate polling sites, create new emergency polling places, and extend both the Oct. 11 registration deadline and the Election Day deadline for mail-in ballots to be received.
