About three weeks after Hurricane Helene pummeled western North Carolina, the Hot Springs Community Center was still caked in mud. A paper sign hung on the door warning visitors to use “extreme caution” until the building could be inspected.

Challenges to another voter's registration must be filed with the county board of elections, which would then conduct a preliminary evidentiary hearing to determine whether grounds for the challenge are sufficient. The challenger bears the burden of proof in such challenges.

In North Carolina, state officials have authorized different voting changes that will apply to the 25 counties that are under emergency orders because of the hurricane.