Uncertainty Clouds North Carolina’s 2024 Election After Helene: Here’s What We Know

The area impacted by the storm is significantly more Republican than Democratic, the state election board shows.

A man casts a vote during a special election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 10, 2019. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Officials in North Carolina warned that voting in some parts of the battleground state might be impacted due to the impact of Hurricane Helene.

During Helene, critical infrastructure in large swaths of western North Carolina and especially parts located in the Appalachian Mountains were damaged or totally destroyed.