In Asheville, North Carolina, the Democratic Party’s robust campaign infrastructure has completely ceased operations.
The litany of canvassing dates and events originally planned for early October in the Asheville area are canceled, with no anticipated date for their return. All of the county party’s social media and other advertising plans are suspended indefinitely.
Asheville is the densest population center in North Carolina to face destructive flooding, though the same crisis — and now the same campaigning pause — has hit the counties surrounding it. Calls from NOTUS to many party headquarters (including the Republican headquarters in Buncombe County) and county election offices on Friday went straight to voicemail or dial tone errors. Five county election offices remain closed as of Friday.