Nearly 1 million have cast ballots in N.C.

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RALEIGH -- About 950,000 voters have cast ballots in North Carolina, according to data released Sunday that show an early Republican surge in voting has been matched at the polls among registered Democrats.

An Associated Press analysis of the state's voter database shows more than 15 percent of North Carolina's registered voters have made their selections. Early voting ended Saturday, and mail-in absentee ballots continue to arrive ahead of the election Tuesday.

About 46 percent of ballots cast have come from registered Democrats, while 36 percent are from registered Republicans. The advantage for Democrats has steadily widened since the first days of early voting began about two weeks ago, when Republicans were trailing by just a few percentage points ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/01/773212/nearly-1-million-have-cast-ballots.html

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1. Healthy turnout expected for election (Mt Airy News re: Surry County)

... The county now has 17,714 registered Democrats, 17,293 Republicans and 8,815 unaffiliated voters. Another 59 are registered Libertarians.

Another indicator of a good turnout today is the interest shown in the early voting program that concluded Saturday with 7,706 people having cast their ballots ahead of today’s election. That represents about 18 percent of the total voters in the county, who number 43,881.

“It certainly was a huge jump from our last mid-term election,” the Board of Elections director said. During that election four years ago, 4,063 people cast ballots ahead of time ...

http://www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/10127198/article-Healthy-turnout-expected-for-election?instance=secondary_news_left_column

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2. Good weather today, so that helps

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