Absentee ballot requests for primary available

Story by Dave Russell, The Sylva Herald Story originally published on Jan. 22, 2020 The long road to the Nov. 3 general election started Jan. 13, with absentee by-mail ballots available for the March 3 primary. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m., Feb. 25, and for it to count, the ballot […]

International students at WCU have their own views about primaries

With the NC primaries coming up on March 15, students at Western Carolina University have different views and thoughts about the candidates, elections, and foreign policy. Some are impatiently waiting for the voting process to begin. “[Foreign policy] is fundamentally important to every single election…there are 192 other countries that the president will be a symbol for. Foreign […]

What you need to know about voting in North Carolina

Political science professor and director of the Public Policy Institute, Dr. Todd Collins, sent us the following rules for the primary voting that are coming from the election law: New registrations:  best way is to do it so that the Board of Elections receives it by Feb 19 at 5:00 Based on a court case, […]

Cullowhee Voter Intiative

Western Carolina University students coordinated the Cullowhee Voter Initiative, a nonpartisan effort to improve voter education and participation in Jackson County. Members of the North Carolina General Assembly participated in this informal debate Monday evening. Participants included Republican senators Jim Davis and Ralph Hise and Democratic representatives Ray Rapp and Rick Glazier. Gibbs Knotts, interim dean […]