News ‘Hardest thing I’ve done’ — North Carolina elections director blocked her deceased mom’s ballot November 17, 2020Paul Woolverton, USA TODAY NETWORKComments Off on ‘Hardest thing I’ve done’ — North Carolina elections director blocked her deceased mom’s ballot Anne Ashcraft legally cast her absentee ballot, but died before Nov. 3. The law says all voters must be alive on Election Day.