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Eric Boehm

No, Hurricane Helene Does Not Justify Giving North Carolina's Electoral Votes to Trump

With recovery efforts from widespread flooding ongoing across much of western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene, a Republican congressman has suggested that it "makes a lot of sense" to effectively cancel the presidential election in the state and declare Donald Trump the winner.

It doesn't, and the state Legislature does not actually have that power.

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