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<b>DURHAM, N.C.</b> — Two Durham voting sites were affected by a Duke Energy power outage on Saturday morning. The polling places at North Regional Library and Mt. Sylvan United Methodist church were running on a generator Saturday morning due to the outage.

Officials said that wait times are extended at these locations but "voters have been processed" since the location opened at 8 a.m.

According to Duke Energy, more than 2,000 customers were without power on Saturday morning. Two separate outages were reported on Saturday morning around the same time.

Power was restored in the area sometime around 10:30 a.m.

During the first weekend of early voting in Durham, two polling sites are experiencing power outages. 

NIGHT'S LOTTERY NUMBERS. >>> WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME BREAKING NEWS, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS CONFIRMED TWO EARLY VOTING SITES ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES. THOSE LOCATIONS ARE THE NORTH REGIONAL LIBRARY AND MOUNT SILVERTON METHODIST CHURCH ON NORTH ROXBORO STREET. WORK IS UNDERWAY TO RESTORE THE POWER. IT IS CERTAINLY BAD TIMING, MARK ENTITY MIDDLETON IS JOINING US LIVE ON THE PHONE TO DISCUSS THIS. COUNCILMAN I CALLED YOU EARLIER, YOU SAY THIS IS DEEPLY DISTURBING. WHY IS IT THAT FOR YOU? >> AS YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY IS NOW EARLY VOTING AND NORTH CAROLINA IS MAKING NEWS AS A HOT SPOT.  WE WILL BE ONE OF THE DETERMINING STATES IN THE SELECTION AND WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE EARLY SO WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS IT IS NOT GOOD. WE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS FOUL PLAY BUT WE ARE INVESTIGATING. WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED. I WILL TELL PEOPLE DO NOT BE DISSUADED, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. IF WE DON'T GET THESE PLACES BACK ONLINE BE PREPARED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY LOCATION DURING EARLY VOTING. >> BECAUSE LINES HAVE BEEN SO LONG, COUNCILMAN, A CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE MAY BE DISSUADED, WHAT EFFECT CAN THIS HAVE ON THE VOTE AS YOU SEE IT? >> I THINK THE LAST COUPLE DAYS IS AN INDICATION WE WILL NOT BE DISSUADED, I WILL WELCOME KERRY WASHINGTON TODAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PERSIST JUST THROUGH ISSUES LIKE THIS. WHATEVER THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THIS WILL BE A BUMP IN THE ROAD TO AMERICANS AND DURHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE DO NOT BE DISSUADED. WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. THE OPTICS ARE INCREDIBLY DISTURBING AND ODD GIVEN THE CLIMATE WE ARE IN IN THE NATION WITH RESPECT TO POLITICS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION IF NECESSARY. >> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT KERRY WASHINGTON AS WELL AS HER HUSBAND WILL BE IN DURHAM TODAY TO HELP ENCOURAGE BLACK VOTERS TO GET OUT TO VOTE IN WHAT THEY CALL IN EFFORT TO MAKE A CHANGE. WITH THIS HAPPENING I COULD NOT HELP, AS I WAS READING THE STORY, AGAIN WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOUL PLAY BUT WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU? >> IT SAYS TO ME HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE IS IF THE VOTE WEREN'T SO IMPORTANT THERE WOULD NOT BE SO MANY EFFORTS TO DISSUADE YOU FROM EXERCISING IT. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS LET THIS BE A SIGN THAT THIS IS A SACRED AND TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT IN THE NATION. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT RALLY TODAY. I WILL TELL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE RENEW THE DEMOCRACY.

Two Durham polling locations experience power outages

Duke Energy reports that a car hit a pole causing the outage. Durham City Councilman Mark-Anthony Middleton said that crews are unable to determine if foul play was involved yet.

North Regional Library voting site in Durham is back up and running after power outages on Saturday morning.

"We are investigating, we are deeply concerned," Middleton said. "But what I will say to voters is make a contingency plan. Do not be dissuaded, do not be discouraged."

At the two polling sites the wait times are as long as 90 minutes, <a href="https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/story/new-tool-allows-durham-voters-to-check-wait-times-at-polling-sites/19334827/">according to Durham's early voting site locator.</a>

Polling centers in <a href="https://vt.ncsbe.gov/ossite/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Durham open at 8 a.m. this Saturday and close at 7:30 p.m.</a>

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