This week on Flashpoint, WCNC's Ben Thompson talks with NC Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell and Iredell County Elections Director Susie Jordan about the status of election offices and equipment in North Carolina. Both agree the state could use more funding and resources.
"So it's time to modernize. We didn't even have smartphones in 1998. So you can imagine that it looks more like Atari than it does any kind of modern technology," Bell said.
The North Carolina Board of Elections is also undergoing significant turnover at county election offices.
"We are growing at a rate of registered voters anywhere from 5-8%. We are over 136,000 registered voters. And so our greatest need right now is we are having difficulty finding polling locations within our precincts," Jordan said.
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