Time flies.
It seems like only yesterday that Joe Biden was running for president, an assassin tried to shoot Donald Trump, and Robert Kennedy Jr. was running for president as an independent and solving an eight-year-old mystery of a dead bear carcass found next to a bicycle in Central Park.
But all that is now solidly in the rear-view mirror and things are about to come to a head in the election.
And if you think there’s been a lot of insanity in the presidential race this year, well, it seems pretty safe to say you ain’t seen nothing yet.
There’s only one safe prediction that can be counted on before now and Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5: That one sure-fire prediction is that whatever is about to happen is completely unpredictable.
That’s why Guilford County Elections Director George Collicutt and his staff are preparing for all eventualities. Collicutt and his very hardworking crew are busy training poll workers, proofreading ballots, checking out machinery and taking other steps to put on an election where even the slightest innocent mistake will immediately become a central cog in a nationwide conspiracy theory spread virally by one side or the other.
So, the Guilford County Board of Elections Department will definitely be earning their pay over the next three months.
It all starts happening next week, on Friday, Sept. 6. That’s when “Absentee by Mail” voting begins.
The next big moment falls on Friday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. That’s the deadline for voter registration. Those of legal age who have established residency by Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2024, will be eligible to register.
The next big date of the 2024 election cycle falls on Thursday, Oct. 17. That’s when Early Voting begins in Guilford County.
As in previous years, the Guilford County Board of Elections has spent a good deal of time and effort deciding where those early voting sites should be placed so that they’ll be easily accessible and be in locations fair to all parties and candidates.
Tuesday, Oct. 29 is the last day for civilians to request and absentee ballot by mail.
Then, on Saturday, Nov. 2, Early Voting ends at 3 p.m. sharp.
Monday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. is the deadline for absentee ballot requests for military and overseas voters covered by the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
This is just one day before the election, but the law allows this group of voters an option to request and receive absentee ballot applications by electronic transmission and it also establishes electronic transmission options for delivery of blank absentee ballots to these voters.
Then, of course, comes the big day.
Election Day – which will be known as “Doomsday” for the losing party in the presidential election.
That will be on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and it’s also the last day to return an absentee ballot by mail in person or received by mail. The ballots must be returned by 7:30 p.m.
In Guilford County, for those who like to vote the old-fashioned way on Election Day, the polls will open on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 a.m. and they are scheduled to close at 7:30 p.m.
On Friday, Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. County boards of elections in North Carolina are scheduled to meet and certify the winners.
Across the country, county election boards will be doing the same thing at various times. After that, as the past presidential election demonstrated, you might better hold onto your hats.
Can we get a monument honoring the patriots who have been railroaded for participating in a minor insurrection and taking a self-guided tour of the Capitol a few Januarys back? This nation only exists because folks stood up to tyrannical leaders from the beginning. As for the election, bring it! I believe the silent majority has had enough of the BS.
Stood for a con who is nothing more than a sore loser. And they used violence and break into the Capitol to attempt to stopnthe peaceful transfer of power.
Losers all them.
Another day, another leftist projecting.
Odd, I don’t recall Leftist using violence to break into the Capitol building to stop the peaceful transfer of power that is the foundation of US democracy.
Let’s consider that, Chris. Who was responsible for Black Lives Matter riots? What about the riots after George Floyd’s death, the druggie who died of an overdose? The J6 crowd rightly believed that the election was stolen because it was. The J6ers were invited into the Peoples’ House by Capitol police. Watch the videos that the feds tried to keep from the American people. I don’t recall any J6er burning down buildings. Do you?
They don’t have the testicles to show up with their nonsense because if they did, they know they would have been handed their 4th point of contact by not just Capital Police but also the National Guard. And was pointed out by TermLimits, they were permitted in by Capitol Police (video evidence) and in some cases escorted around. Were there some clowns? Yes, but please show me where there was wholesale vandalism and violence. I haven’t seen any.
When J6ers marched through DC, I somehow missed the the fights with the authorities, the burning of buildings and businesses, the overrunning and torching of police stations. And let’s not forget the innocent young lady, a non-violent protester, a military veteran, was shot and killed by a DC authoritarian.
Where is your sympathy and outrage over that Chris?
LOL, still no proof of mass fraud. Just debunked hollow accusations from Trumpers like yourself. Just a bunch of sore losers who can’t understand why the majority of people DON”T share their political views.
If Biden had really been a unifier as he said he would have been despite a somewhat shaky and questionable election on many fronts in 2020 then he would’ve pardoned them all and told them to go home and be good citizens. Now that would’ve won him a lot of political points but of course he lied about being a unifier now didn’t he?….just saying.
Early voting…one of the greatest ploys created for manipulating an election.
I think Scott was thinking of you…..
…”slightest innocent mistake will immediately become a central cog in a nationwide conspiracy theory spread virally by one side or the other…”
Over 1 million people removed from the voter rolls in Texas, Some dead, some moved out of state, some illegal, some ineligible. Regardless of reason, it’s a move in the right direction. There were a few who were mistakenly removed and are being corrected.
Texas, Ohio (go Bucks!), Virginia, and Alabama have and are purging their voter rolls of ineligible and illegal voters. Where is North Carolina?
North Carolina has a Democrat governor, that’s where.
NC conservatives are using their false narrative of illegals being registered to vote to try and remove 200k people from the register. Otherwise, I believe it is illegal to remove people from the registry 90 ahead of an election. But I understand conservatives think they are above the law.
Everyone should confirm their registration at https://www.ncsbe.gov/registering/checking-your-registration as conservatives are going all out to cheat the 2024 election as they know they can’t win the popular vote. Mark my Words, conservatives will do all they can to overturn the election if Kamala wins. Just like they tried in 2020. We know who the REAL cheaters are when it comes to elections. Fake electors, mobs storming the capital, legislators giving themselves the right to overturn an election without due process, misinformation as basis to purge legal citizens from voting registry, tells lies about election integrity, etc… Just a bunch of sore losers who have lost the faith of the majority of Americans with their constant rhetoric of negativity, lies and hate.
I believe in America. We are a great country today!
Dude, give it a f’ing rest with your gaslighting and hate.
Chris, you are on the verge of losing all credibility.
I have a question All Knowing Chris…why would voters fear the popular vote? While I believe it should be the base for an election, the Presidential Election is based on the Electoral Vote. Assuming you can read and comprehend ( a stretch, I know) there have been cases where someone won the Popular Vote but lost the election due to the Electoral Vote.
IMO, if you want to be TRULY fair with a national vote, every state should be permitted 2 votes regardless of population size. Majority wins. I say this because almost every time I see one of these maps (PA for example) the overwhelming majority of it is red except for the heavy population centers which appears to be blue. So Pittsburgh for example, gets to tell the rest of the state to go way, your vote doesn’t count. The other option (again IMO) is to do away with the Electoral College.
Just my opinion
Please pray with me that elected officials truly understand what the American people want, even if some people are too stupid to know it.
As for me, the odds are against me being around for the 2028 elections so I’m voting for my grandchildren.
Sorry to hear that you may not be around much longer. I enjoy your comments.
Chris, You are well outnumbered by patriotic Americans who follow the facts!
Nonsense American believer… you’re going to be around a while. We got your back
We shall see how smooth it goes and pray the votes are honestly counted.
“pray the votes are honestly counted.”
I’m afraid that ship has already sailed, the train has left the station, the horse is out of the barn – back in 2020.
I am afraid you are correct. That’s why I’m praying. It’s about all I got.
Amazing the conservatives who buy into the Big Lie. All lawsuits failed to prove any significant fraud (not to mention enough to overturn a federal election). Billions lost by people and companies slandering innocent companies of election fraud.
Just a bunch of losers who can’t understand why honest Americans don’t want a blowhard like Trump in office. There was no mass fraud in 2020. Everyone in this comment section claiming democrats illegally stole the 2020 election are just sore losers who are ignorant to believe anything Trump says about elections as he is the biggest sore loser in the history of US presidential candidates and is willing to destroy American democracy to ‘get his way’. And you are helping him. Sore losers all of you.
Vote Blue!
“Amazing the conservatives who buy into the Big Lie. All lawsuits failed to prove any significant fraud (not to mention enough to overturn a federal election).”
Over 1 million people removed from the voter rolls in Texas. Texas, Ohio, Virginia, and Alabama have and are purging their voter rolls of ineligible and illegal voters.
But hey, what do I know
Chris, fraud is a legal cause of action which is very difficult to prove. Cheating, on the other hand, is a deed that is well-known and understood by the highest of the high and lowest of the low individuals. Biden’s campaign honchos played the American people and are now trying the same tactics as 2020. However, the playbook has been exposed and the jig is up. The honchos are scrambling for a new playbook. Sorry, losers.
The most audited election in the history of the United States and NO MASS FRAUD FOUND! Yeah, it can be proven. That is why ALL states have audit controls they use every election that conservatives seem to ignore the value of. Heck, they hand counted several counties in the most contested states.
Get over it. Trump lost fair and square.
And last I checked in our Democracy; we don’t get our way just by claiming the other guy cheated without evidence. Just a bunch of sore losers. Period.
Hold on, Scott, hold on…
I just found over 10,000 uncounted ballots in Durham County.
Hey Peanut do you remember the Gore-Busch fiasco. Do any of your ballots have hanging chads.
Being new to the area, in the past, I found the Rhino Times’ endorsements helpful. Will you be publishing this year? If so, when?
“The most important election in history” …?
Wouldn’t that have been in January 1933?
Americans did not vote in 1933 Germany.
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So what?
The Headline doesn’t say “The most Important AMERICAN Election in history” does it, genius boy?
Do try to pay attention, please.
I Am so happy Roy Cooper is going what a disgraced this man has been and Josh Stain is no better. What these people are doing to Mark Robinson is a shame I pray people will wake up to the evil of this Democratic party.