From the Raleigh News and Observer:
The country's attention will be on North and South Carolina during next year's election as Republicans will compete in a hotly contested primary and Democrats try to keep the Southern toehold they gained in 2008.Read the full article
But the nuts and bolts of those elections - printing ballots, keeping machines in working order, making sure every voter who wants to cast a ballot gets a chance - depend on state agencies where budgets have shrunk dramatically. Some officials and observers now worry about whether everything will run smoothly on election day.
"We are looking at a potential train wreck with less money and more complexity in handling the administration of elections," said Bob Hall, executive director of the nonpartisan Democracy North Carolina.
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