Early voting in North Carolina

Totals for the second day of early voting in the state surpass 2008 numbers.
Posted 10/19/2012, 10:37:29 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:21 PM

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POLICE.

>>> MORE PEOPLE ARE TAKING

ADVANTAGE OF A RECORD NUMBER OF

EARLY VOTING SITES TODAY.

IN 2008 MORE THAN 7900 BALLOTS

WORE CAST ON THE FIRST DATE.

YESTERDAY SITES SAW MORE THAN

11,000.

THAT IS A 42% INCREASE.

BRUCE MILDWURF TALKED TO VOTERS

TODAY.

WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?

>> Reporter: VOTERS ARE EXCITED

ABOUT THIS UPCOMING ELECTION.

YESTERDAY WAS A RECORD BREAKER

AND TODAY WAS A RECORD BREAKER.

WE SAW A STEADY FLOW COMING IN

AND GOING OUT.

INTERESTINGLY, MORE DEMOCRATS

ARE SHOWING UP AT THESE EARLY

POLLING SITES AND REPUBLICANS

ARE LEADING THE WAY FOR

ABSENTEE VOTING.

DIFFERENT DAY, A DIFFERENT

PICTURE.

THERE WERE LINES FOR CURB SIDE

OR WALKUP.

THE CROWDS DID NOT COME CLOSE

TO DAY ONE.

>> NO COMPARISON.

>> Reporter: CONVEEFNS EARLY

VOTING IS -- THE CONVENIENCE OF

EARLY VOTEING IT A BIG DRAW.

>> I'M TIRED OF THE ROBO-CALLS.

I WANT TO SAY QUIT BOTHERING

ME.

I ALREADY VOTED.

>> Reporter: THE BIG DRAWL

SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE.

>> THE PRESIDENTIAL RATE IS THE

MOST IMPORTANT TO ME.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT VOTING FOR

PRESIDENT OBAMA.

>> Reporter: SO FAR IN NORTH

CAROLINA, MORE THAN 220,000

VOTES HAVE BEEN COUNTED.

DEMOCRATS HAVE CAST 57% OF THE

EARLY IN PERSON VOTING WITH

86,000 VOTES, MORE THAN 38,000

REGISTERED RENS HAVE SHOWN UP.

INDEPENDENCE MAKE UP 17%.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE ABSENTEE

BALLOTS, 40,000 REPUBLICANS

HAVE MAILED IN THEIR VOTES.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU KNOW WHO

THEY VOTED FOR.

>> I REGISTERED AS A

REPUBLICAN.

>> Reporter: BUT DO YOU CROSS

OVER.

>> I DO A LOT, YES.

>> I MIGHT DO ANYTHING.

BUT I'M BASICALLY DEMOCRATIC.

>> I REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.

BUT THAT IS JUST SO I CAN VOTE

IN THE PRIMARIES WITHOUT A

PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: THE RESULTS TODAY

ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE STORY

BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE STILL

BEING COUNTED.

EARLY VOTING SITES ARE OPEN

TILL 7:00.

BUT THE HOURS ARE DIFFERENT ON

THE WEEKENDS.

SO CHECK THAT OUT BEFORE YOU

HEAD TO A SITE WHEN VOTING

STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET, HEADS

UP.

PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND

NONPARTISAN OFFICES ARE NOT

INCLUDED.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR THOSE

SEPARATELY.

>> GOOD INFORMATION, BRUCE

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