In three of North Carolina's most populated counties, it can take two weeks to send absentee ballots to eligible voters. | Adobe Stock
In three of North Carolina's most populated counties, it can take two weeks to send absentee ballots to eligible voters. | Adobe Stock
COVID-19 concerns brought absentee voting to the forefront, but the wait to receive a mail-in ballot is quite long with the November election around the corner.
The Bristol Herald Courier posted an Associated Press story in October that singled out three of the state’s most populous counties as taking about more than two weeks to send absentee ballots out to qualified voters.
The analysis cited understaffing, outdated technology and voter registration groups for the backlog in question, the AP report said.
Additionally, the AP found that Wake County, which is home to more than 1 million people, took an average of 15 days to get an absentee ballot on its way while Buncombe County had an average processing time of exactly two weeks and Forsyth County 11 days.
Mecklenburg County, the state’s second-largest county by population, is among the few counties that posted shorter, slightly improved turnaround times, the AP report said.
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