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Buncombe voters rock!
Congratulations to Buncombe County voters for exercising their duty as responsible citizens in a constitutional republic by setting record high numbers — at least in recent years — for turnout in the March 15 primary.
Indeed, Buncombe’s turnout percentage topped all of the other large population counties in North Carolina, include Mecklenburg, Wake and Guilford.
Participating in the primary were 77,872 of 186,159 registered voters in Asheville, other municipalities and unincorporated parts of Buncombe. The aforementioned turnout total includes those who cast ballots during the early-voting period, as well as those who voted on the day of the primary.
Buncombe’s turnout total translates a turnout of 42 percent — a record high for presidential primary years, dating back at least a decade, records show.
“I haven’t seen a year that compares to this,” Buncombe Election Services Director Trena Parker said afterward. “Passions were high, put it that way.”
Indeed, by turning out in such numbers for the primary, Buncombe voters showed they not only care about what’s going on, but that they back up their passion with the all-important corollary component — action.
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