County to test absentee ballot signature verification program

  • Cherokee County Commissioner Randy Phillips’ campaign signs placed in the right-of-way on both sides of U.S. 19/74/129 near Western Carolina Regional Airport appear to violate state law, which allows placement of campaign signs no sooner than 30 days before one-stop voting begins on Feb. 15.
    Cherokee County Commissioner Randy Phillips’ campaign signs placed in the right-of-way on both sides of U.S. 19/74/129 near Western Carolina Regional Airport appear to violate state law, which allows placement of campaign signs no sooner than 30 days before one-stop voting begins on Feb. 15.
Murphy – Cherokee County is one of 10 North Carolina counties included in a pilot program to match and verify signatures on absentee ballots against a database of on-file signatures. Ten counties…

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