Post by Logan on Mar 14, 2016 22:30:17 GMT -6
Spurred by lively presidential primary races, North Carolina voters this weekend wrapped up 10 days of early voting by turning out in record numbers.
The state Board of Elections reports that almost 11 percent of the state’s 6.5 million registered voters cast ballots. That’s up from about 8 percent in the 2012 presidential primary.
In all, 710,260 early ballots were cast, which includes one-stop voting as well as standard absentee, military and overseas ballots.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state by 40.6 percent to 30.5 percent. Democrats cast 45.3 percent of the early ballots, while Republicans cast 31.7 percent. For Democrats, that’s about the same as 2012, when they cast 45.5 percent of the early votes. Republican early turnout was down from 33.8 percent in 2012.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article66053727.html
The state Board of Elections reports that almost 11 percent of the state’s 6.5 million registered voters cast ballots. That’s up from about 8 percent in the 2012 presidential primary.
In all, 710,260 early ballots were cast, which includes one-stop voting as well as standard absentee, military and overseas ballots.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in the state by 40.6 percent to 30.5 percent. Democrats cast 45.3 percent of the early ballots, while Republicans cast 31.7 percent. For Democrats, that’s about the same as 2012, when they cast 45.5 percent of the early votes. Republican early turnout was down from 33.8 percent in 2012.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article66053727.html