>>> TIME TO GET A LOOK AT WHAT
>>> TIME TO GET A LOOK AT WHAT
OUR SOURCES ARE SAYING.
WE ARE JUST 60 DAYS OUT FROM THE
ELECTION.
IN NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS ARE
VOTING, OR ABOUT TO BE.
IT’S THE STATE WHERE, OF COURSE,
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP
SUGGESTED VOTERS TEST THE SYSTEM
BY VOTING TWICE.
NBC’S JOSH LEDERMAN JOINING US
OUTSIDE THE WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS.
THE STATE IS SHATTERING RECORDS
FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUESTS.
YOU SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
ELECTIONS FOR THE COUNTY THERE.
HOW ARE THEY DEALING WITH THIS
HUGE INFLUX OF REQUESTS BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC?
>> Reporter: I SPOKE TO GARY
SIMMS WHO RUNS THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS HERE.
HE SAYS THEY’RE LOSING SLEEP AT
THIS POINT IN TIME, NOT SLEEPING
A WHOLE LOT.
THEY SAY WHEN IT COMES TO
DEALING WITH THIS VOLUME OF
BALLOTS, THEY’RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE, FRANKLY,
THEY HAVE TO.
THE NUMBERS REALLY TELL THE
WHOLE STORY HERE, HALLIE.
SO FAR, AS OF THIS MORNING, MORE
THAN 640,000 VOTERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED
THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS IS 17 TIMES
MORE BALLOTS THIS POINT NOW THAN
FOUR YEARS AGO.
IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES OR SO,
WE SAW THE TRUCK COME HERE TO
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
IT CARRIED OUT A BIG PALLET OF
BALL LET’S, HEADED TO THE USPS
