CHARLOTTE — A local nonprofit is aiming to improve turnout in rural counties.
It’s called the New Rural Project. Cynthia Wallace and Helen Probst Mills co-founded the group after seeing large numbers of registered and unregistered voters in rural communities have not been casting their ballot.
>> On this episode of the Political Beat, Cynthia Wallace discusses what she is seeing on the ground and the efforts her group is taking this fall to increase voter turnout.
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