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Early Voting In North Carolina Ends Saturday

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The window to vote early in North Carolina will soon be closing. 

The state's early voting period ends this Saturday in all 100 counties. Early voting sites will remain open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Officials with the State Board of Elections say the final few days of the early voting period are typically the busiest and warn that voters may encounter lines at some sites.

Same-day registration during early voting is still an option as long as residents can attest to their eligibility by filling out a voter registration application and provide proof-of-residence.

As of Wednesday morning, total voter turnout in the 2020 general election reached 50 percent in North Carolina.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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