Mecklenburg County has plenty of Democratic voters but getting them to the polls has been a challenge. New party leadership has a plan to fix that.

Republican Party leaders met in hurricane-torn North Carolina last week with a mission: figure out how to reach displaced or cut-off potential Donald Trump voters. They thought of flying in absentee ballot registrations via helicopter or having mules or all-terrain vehicles take voters to the polls.

Democrats outnumber Republicans among registered voters in North Carolina, but polls still show a tight race in the Tar Heel State.