“Yesterday’s turnout is a clear sign that voters are energized about this election, that they trust the elections process, and that a hurricane will not stop North Carolinians from exercising their right to vote,” Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the board, said in a press release.

More than 350,000 ballots have been cast in North Carolina on the first day of early voting, according to data reported by the state’s elections board. The North Carolina State Board of