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Fiona Morgan ·
20 Nov 2008, 2:30 PM ·
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Confirming what we knew by Election Night, Democracy North Carolina has crunched the state’s voting numbers and found:
- Obama, Hagan and Perdue each led by more than 300,000 votes after Early Voting, then lost on Election Day
- North Carolina’s turnout rate was 70 percent, the highest since 1968. Wake and Durham counties were in the top 10.
- The “under-vote” problem turned out not to be a big problem. There was widespread fear before Election Day that many people would fail to vote for president because that race is not included in a straight party ticket vote in North Carolina. But under-voting affected only 1 percent of ballots cast, after election officials — and the Obama campaign, of course — worked hard to educate voters.
This information is not yet posted on Democracy NC’s web site, but you can see the numbers here.
For more election analysis, check out Facing South’s outstanding coverage.
Uncategorized 2008 election, early voting
Fiona Morgan ·
3 Nov 2008, 1:56 PM ·
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It’s supposed to rain tomorrow.
Public Policy Polling says that hurts McCain’s chances of winning North Carolina.
Their poll shows a 10-point lead for Obama among those who took advantage of early voting. McCain has a strong lead here among those waiting for Election Day. “It is always better to have actual votes than hypothetical votes so there’s no doubt Obama has the edge right now.”
Uncategorized 2008 election, early voting, Public Policy Polling
Matt Saldaña ·
31 Oct 2008, 11:28 AM ·
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That’s one-third of all registered voters, and 58 percent of the 2004 voter turnout. 1.9 million have cast ballots at one-stop voting sites, and the rest have mailed in absentee ballots.
For the full report, click here (PDF, 19 KB).
Uncategorized 2008 election, early voting
Matt Saldaña ·
31 Oct 2008, 10:52 AM ·
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The Charlotte Observer reports that Mecklenburg County Republican Party Chairman Lee Teague opposes the county’s extension of voting hours on Saturday, in part because it is “unfair to election workers, who are already stressed.” (The paper provided no direct quotes from Teague.)
So, in addition to voting being an affront to democracy, it now is tough on election workers. Maybe we should give them an extended lunch break on Tuesday?
Uncategorized 2008 election, early voting
Lisa Sorg ·
30 Oct 2008, 4:54 PM ·
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If you’re not one of the 1.7 million people who have already voted in North Carolina, you’ll have extra time on Saturday, Nov. 1 to do so.
After an emergency meeting this morning, the N.C. State Board of Elections mandated asked that all 100 counties keep their polls open from 9 a.m. to at 5 p.m. Saturday. The closing time is four hours later than originally scheduled.
Saturday is the final day of early voting. Tuesday, Nov. 4, is Election Day. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. that day.
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Fiona Morgan ·
16 Oct 2008, 10:04 AM ·
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One-stop early voting begins today and ends Nov. 1. Check this page for a full list of locations and hours in your county.
Remember:
- You can vote at any one-stop location in your county.
- You can register and vote at the same time during one-stop early voting (but not on Election Day).
- Election officials say mid-morning and mid-afternoon are likely to be the least busy times.
- Contrary to myth, all early votes will be counted.
- If there are unforeseen problems with your registration — your address is wrong, for example — it’s easy to fix those problems during early voting. If you wait until Election Day, you could be asked to fill out a provisional ballot (and those aren’t always counted).
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