ROCKINGHAM — There was a 145% increase in the amount of people who voted on the first day of the early voting this year compared to in 2016, according to the Richmond County Board of Elections.

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HOFFMAN — There were 34 new cases of COVID-19 among offenders incarcerated at Morrison Correctional Institution reported over the weekend, according to the Department of Public Safety, a spike nearly twice as large as the outbreak the prison saw in September when 19 cases were reported in one day.

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RALEIGH — As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, about 1.7 million registered voters in North Carolina had cast ballots in the 2020 general election, according to the state Board of Elections.

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