More than 400 locations in all 100 counties were expected to open on Thursday for the 17-day early vote period.

Early in-person voting has started in the presidential battleground state of North Carolina. That includes in the mountains, where some potential voters still lack power and clean running water after Hurricane Helene’s epic flooding last month.

As North Carolinians continue to recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, early voting has begun Thursday in the critical swing state. State election officials expect a majority of North Carolina voters to cast their ballot in-person over the next two weeks,