In every Congressional district, around 10,000 people turn 18 and become eligible to vote each year.
In western North Carolina, young voters and students could have an outsized impact on the outcome of the Congressional election between Republican Jennifer Balkcom and Democrat Jamie Ager, which is expected to be among the closest in the country.
Cardinal & Pine’s Dylan Rhoney spoke with Seth Digh, president of Western Carolina University’s College Democrats, about student turnout following the GOP-run State Board of Elections vote to deny a polling site on the Cullowhee, NC, campus.
Some critics have described the decision as voter suppression against college students.
