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Buncombe elections board approves hundreds of provisional and absentee ballots during canvass
Summary
During a long canvass meeting, Buncombe County election staff and the board reviewed thousands of absentee and provisional items, approved multiple batches of absentee ballots, and approved or partially approved 675 provisional ballots while disapproving 736.
Buncombe County election officials spent the canvass meeting reviewing absentee, overseas, military and provisional ballots and making a series of approval motions that the board adopted unanimously.
Staff presented small batches throughout the night for board review: the board disapproved one civilian absentee ballot with a mismatched CIV number and approved three others; approved two military absentee ballots and three overseas ballots; and approved a larger supplemental absentee abstract. Later the board reviewed…
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