Area counties firm up early voting plans

Paul B. Johnson, The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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May 16—HIGH POINT — Local county election boards have crafted early voting plans for this fall's general election and await approval on the proposals from the N.C. State Board of Elections as early as next month.

The state elections board is likely to take up county early voting plans from across North Carolina at its meeting June 4 in Raleigh, public information officer Patrick Gannon said.

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