DJ Smooth entertains voters at Raleigh polling site

12:30 p.m.: Lines were short at Green Road Community Center in Raleigh, where DJ Smooth was entertaining voters with tunes. It's part of the nationwide DJs at the Polls movement, which started in 2008 to make Election Day more fun.
Posted 11/5/2024, 6:15:42 PM Updated 11/5/2024, 6:58:06 PM

DOT GOV. IN RALEIGH.

>> VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS TO

DECIDE LOCAL RACES AS WELL AS

ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT. PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN STREAMING INTO

POLLING PLACES ACROSS OUR

VIEWING AREA TO MAKE THEIR

VOICES HEARD. YOU'RE LOOKING

LIVE ADD TO THE POLLING SITE IN

BRIAR CREEK, COURTESY OF SKY

5. THOSE POLL WORKERS THERE,

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS

AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD

TRUMP ARE BATTLING IT OUT IN

7 SWING STATES, INCLUDING NORTH

CAROLINA WRL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN

IS LIVE AT GREEN ROAD COMMUNITY

CENTER AND CHELSEA, WHAT ARE

YOU SEEING THERE?

IT'S BEEN PRETTY STEADY HERE

ALL MORNING ARE IN A THIS IS A

COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S KIND

OF SANDWICHED IN-BETWEEN

CAPITAL BOULEVARD AND NEW HOPE

ROAD. THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL 100

PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE DOORS.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,

>> A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL

AROUND LUNCHTIME. SO IF YOU

COME HERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO

COME RIGHT IN. OF COURSE, WE

KNOW THAT 4.5 MILLION NORTH

CAROLINIANS HAVE ALREADY CAST

THEIR BALLOT DURING THAT

CRUCIAL EARLY VOTING PERIOD.

THAT'S ABOUT 57% OF REGISTERED

VOTERS. BUT 1 MILLION VOTERS

ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT TODAY

AT 2600 POLLING PLACES ACROSS

OUR STATE. LET'S SHOW YOU SOME

VIDEO THAT WE CAPTURED EARLIER

TODAY. WE WANT TO REMIND FOLKS

AT THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL

7.30, THIS EVENING. AND WE

UNDERSTAND FROM THE STATE THAT

IF YOU ARE IN LINE AT 7.30, YOU

STILL WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE.

YOU WANT TO REMEMBER, THOUGH,

TO CHECK YOUR POLLING PLACE AND

YOU CAN DO SO ON THE STATE

BOARD'S WEBSITE. AND OF COURSE,

SHE'LL WANT TO BRING YOUR VOTER

ID. OF COURSE, WHAT'S AT STAKE?

WE'VE GOT A RAZOR THIN MARGIN

FOR PRESIDENT BETWEEN VICE

PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

WE SHOULD MENTION TRUMP DID

TAKE IN OUR STATE BACK IN 2020,

OF COURSE, THERE IS THE RACE

FOR GOVERNOR AT STAKE BETWEEN

JOSH STEIN AND MARK ROBINSON.

THEN YOU GOT ATTORNEY GENERAL

MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RALLYING,

OF COURSE, SEVERAL HOUSE

CONGRESSIONAL SEATS AS I

MENTIONED EARLIER, THINGS HAVE

BEEN GOING VERY SMOOTHLY HERE

AND VOTERS THAT WE TALKED TO

SAY IT'S BEEN REALLY EASY TO

COME IN AND OUT AND VOTE TODAY.

IT FELT PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW,

THE LINE WITH THE LAW. I

THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE NO.

>> WEATHER ON THE BUILDING.

AND SO I HEARD.

>> TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY TO GET

ONE EXPLAINS.

>> OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID,

POLLS CLOSE AT 7.30, OF COURSE,

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO

SOME CANVASSING. THAT IS

NORMAL. HOWEVER, THEY EXPECT

THE PULL OF THE RESULTS TO HIT

ON LINE BETWEEN 9, 30 11.

MENTIONED. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A

LOT OF FUN OUT HERE. LET'S GET

A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE DJ AT

THE POLLS. THIS IS RALEIGH, BJ

SMITH. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

DANCING, INCLUDING ED WILSON

DENIED GOOD THING. THEY'RE NOT

VOTING FOR BEST ANSWER BECAUSE

WE WOULD LOSE. BUT THIS IS A

NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT THAT

STARTED BACK IN 2008 TO BRING

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FUN AND

JUBILATION TO THE POLLS.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S A

LOT OF FUN OUT HERE AT GREEN

RED. SO OF COURSE, COME OUT AND

SAY HI TO US. IF THIS IS YOUR

POLLING PLACE, YOU'RE KIND OF

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