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How North Carolina's Early Voting Could Influence The Election

Elections boards in North Carolina are trying to figure out how to restore the early voting period. (Katri Niemi/Flickr)
Elections boards in North Carolina are trying to figure out how to restore the early voting period. (Katri Niemi/Flickr)

Donald Trump is visiting the swing state of North Carolina today, and both he and Hillary Clinton are trying to win the African American vote there.

But battles over early voting in counties across North Carolina have voting advocates worried that African Americans, a majority of whom use early voting, will have less access to the voting booth.

Jeff Tiberii of Here & Now contributor WUNC takes a look at the early voting dispute.

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Jeff Tiberii, capitol bureau chief for WUNC. He tweets @j_tibs.

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