 If the diagnosis is cancer, time is important. Call the PMC Lawson Cancer Center and we'll see you quickly with the goal of starting your plan of care within two weeks of diagnosis. Our purpose is saving lives. The early voting process has begun at the Fiscal Courthouse in downtown Pikeville. From Thursday, November 3rd until Saturday, November 5th, voters are free to exercise their voting rights within a certain timeframe. The process is quick and easy, allowing all legitimate voters to make their decision. We're in the process of early voting. It started this morning at 6 a.m. It'll last until 2 p.m. today. On Friday, it'll be from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. And on Saturday, it'll be from 8.30 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. We've had a really good turnout as of today. It's around noon and people have been coming in and out. We had voters waiting on us this morning at 6 o'clock when we opened. It's been really good. I urge everybody to get out and vote. It's very important. Any time that you get out and vote and make a selection, it does affect the things that happen in your communities, your state, across the nation, actually even the world. Taylor says early voting is important because some individuals may be unable to go to the polls on election day due to personal reasons. There have already been over 200 ballots submitted on the first day. Early voting was established because so many people just run into problems and emergencies on election day. And the crowds, it helps take away from a little bit the overflow. And it just gives them an added opportunity to make sure that they get to the polls. I think it's important that everybody get out and honor their vote. Our veterans fought really hard so that we could have this opportunity and live in a free country. And this is part of our free democracy. And we need to honor that. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.