Day Four: Tracking Moore County’s early voting
Moore County is arguably one of the state’s reddest counties. A total of 5,016 people have cast early ballot through the close of business Monday. (That’s up from a total of 4,100 at the close of business on Friday.)
Let’s see how they’re faring this early in the voting process:
Okay, now here are the Top Five – in terms of turnout – voting precincts:
- Seven Lakes
- Carthage
- Pinehurst C
- Pinehurst B1
- South Southern Pines
Meaningless statistics. When will we finally end all this early voting nonsense and return to one-day voting by paper ballot? No early voting. No mail-in voting. No absentee voting. We get two years to arrange our lives to be at our voting booth on Election Day. If you can’t do that, you shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
I agree with Ken. We have turned what was once Election Day into election season, and I question whether that has actually strengthened public confidence in our elections.
I believe we should return to a single Election Day, with in-person voting using voter-verifiable paper ballots. Elections should be straightforward, transparent, secure, and auditable.
I recognize that reasonable exceptions must exist for our military personnel, those with legitimate medical limitations, and others who genuinely cannot appear in person. But exceptions should remain exceptions rather than becoming the foundation of our entire election process.
Convenience should never take precedence over election integrity and public confidence. We need a system where every eligible citizen has a reasonable opportunity to vote, every lawful vote is counted, and the public can trust the outcome.