http://www.wral.com/early-voting-in-nc-tops-one-million/11702949/

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"At a 7 p.m. count, 1,042,184 people had voted in person. Another 112,319 votes were cast by absentee ballot."

That's a couple hundred thousand more than this time in '08. Real Clear Politics put us back in the swing state category. And this NC based polling company says it's tied:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/10/obama-and-romney-tied-in-north-carolina.html

Your peers are voting in record numbers. And your vote could make a difference more than usual. No matter who you're consider voting for, make sure to vote. Let's break the record for highest turnout ever in North Carolina's history.

10/25/2012 9:06:38 PM

it's pointless, Tracy Jordan is calling NC for Romney

10/25/2012 9:28:06 PM

you realize your vote literally does nothing right?

like there is no direct connection at all between your vote and the next president.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

10/25/2012 9:28:51 PM

Yes it does, goes to determine how delegates vote

10/25/2012 9:34:11 PM

it's more of a suggestion for how they should vote

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 9:38 PM. Reason : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector]

10/25/2012 9:37:46 PM

^^ you are aware that it is explicitly called an 'indirect' system right?

^exactly and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect_election

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 9:40 PM. Reason : ]

10/25/2012 9:38:01 PM

^^^ well the delegates in the electorial college do not officially have to vote the way that the state did. If one wanted to change his mind and vote the other way, they can.

Typically, if a state is won by a party then a delegate is sent from that party so it rarely (if ever?) happens

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 9:40 PM. Reason : carrots got me]

10/25/2012 9:39:56 PM

10/25/2012 9:43:57 PM

I completely read over direct

But, duh. Yes, people realize that. It still matters and counts.

10/25/2012 9:50:49 PM

^^ awesome (about the move away from traditional electoral college)

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 9:54 PM. Reason : asdfsdafsadf]

10/25/2012 9:54:19 PM

yeah, i thought that was cool




supplanter is so eat up with politics bullshit, i wonder if he has withdrawal symptoms after the election.

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM. Reason : afds]

10/25/2012 9:55:05 PM

In North Carolina they have to vote for the party that chose them or its not counted and someone else fills the spot

10/25/2012 9:58:47 PM

Quote :

"you realize your vote literally does nothing right? "

You never heard of local and state government or what?

10/25/2012 10:06:05 PM

Nrr let's take supplanter fishing after the election

You take him to the coast ill take him to the mountains

10/25/2012 10:09:11 PM

hell no. nothing i hate more than politics. this motherfucker can't get enough of it.

10/25/2012 10:14:29 PM

Simultaneously.

10/25/2012 10:14:51 PM

Quote :

" No matter who you're consider voting for, make sure to vote."

I wish people would stop saying this. It's an endorsement of our 2-party system, much like China's 1-party system. Every vote you cast for a major candidate is counted as an endorsement of genocide through mechanized warfare, automated surveillance of the telecommunications of the entire nation, fiscal policies that transfer your tax dollars to the inner circle of banks that "commune" with the Federal Reserve, and so many other issues the candidates ALL agree on.

If you weren't decided to go vote - that means the system hasn't offered you a real choice. Go turn in a blank ballot, and be sure to tell everyone you see there that you don't recognize the legitimacy of the election and you cast a protest vote.

10/25/2012 10:16:12 PM

But what if I do endorse those things?

10/25/2012 10:19:24 PM

I know a couple people that have also illegally voted in NC.

10/25/2012 10:19:25 PM

I, too, have always thought that was a spectacularly retarded thing to say. It should be educate yourself, and then vote, or don't. But voting just to vote because you have been brainwashed and badgered into thinking that it's something you have to do at all costs is pretty much so the opposite of being a responsible citizen.

10/25/2012 10:20:58 PM

^^^ oppressing people through majority rule doesn't make it right

[Edited on October 25, 2012 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ]

10/25/2012 10:21:05 PM

^^^They vote R or D?

10/25/2012 10:31:04 PM

Quote :

"Another 112,319 votes were cast by absentee ballot."

Should I have received my absentee ballot already?

10/26/2012 1:25:10 AM

mrfrog ftw

10/26/2012 2:21:25 AM

Why do you democrats have such a hard on for early voting. Is it so each of you have as much time as possible to cast several votes apiece?

10/26/2012 9:00:45 AM

Quote :

"Should I have received my absentee ballot already? "

Yes. Call them if you haven't.

10/26/2012 9:52:13 AM

Quote :

"the delegates in the electorial college do not officially have to vote the way that the state did. If one wanted to change his mind and vote the other way, they can."

And that has happened a whopping 11 times in the history of our presidential elections. One of those being when an elector mistakenly voted for Edwards instead of Kerry. (Or so I read.)

10/26/2012 10:07:17 AM

Does Obama for America have me on analytics as being a democrat? Or do they really plastering the whole fucking internet with their ads?

I mean everything from TWW, to Pandora, to Facebook, to all news websites, hell I have not looked at any porn sites for the last few days but I bet they are up there too.

10/26/2012 11:29:44 AM

nope, no obama ads on pornsites

just Family guy characters fucking each other

10/26/2012 11:31:05 AM

Well if you really want to get away from campaign ads bigbootyhoes.com is always an option.

10/26/2012 11:41:07 AM

Quote :

"And your vote could make a difference more than usual"

My vote will only make a difference if the total number of votes looks like this:

n vs. n+1

Given that that scenario is extremely unlikely, I see no point in voting.

10/26/2012 11:46:00 AM

Quote :

"Or do they really plastering the whole fucking internet with their ads?"

They're really plastering the internet with their ads. Reaches their demographic and you can have a lot more marketing outreach for less money online than with TV and radio.

10/26/2012 11:46:19 AM

Yes and a lot of people who have jobs fuck off online (at work) all day instead of watching TV like the unemployed crowd. The people with jobs are more likely to vote BO.

10/26/2012 11:52:35 AM

Quote :

"Early voters break turnout records at 2.7 million Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/03/2460583/27-million.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy"

11/4/2012 8:29:36 AM

some hack on Faux News a few days ago kept going on about how most of the polls were wrong because they are over sampling Democrats and he said they wouldn't have turnout as good as in '08

oops

11/4/2012 9:30:43 AM

Lines were way too long for early voting. Just going to use this as an excuse to leave work early.

11/4/2012 1:32:59 PM

i like going first thing in the morning, getting there a little while before they open and waiting. If early voting was open early I would have done that, but an 8:00AM or 10:AM opening time for early voting doesn't work for me.

11/4/2012 1:35:55 PM

i refuse to vote early. the lines are LONGER during early voting a lot of the time. I don't see the point.

11/4/2012 1:41:00 PM

you'll show them, Smath

do i really need to explain the point of early voting to you?

11/4/2012 1:41:59 PM

lol

11/4/2012 2:14:17 PM

lol

11/4/2012 2:14:17 PM

Supplanter should sign thousands of lillegal mexicans up to vote so that we can be called a swing state again.

11/4/2012 2:18:46 PM

More than 1.6 million people have already voted in Ohio: http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html

[Edited on November 4, 2012 at 2:19 PM. Reason : ^It's called a felony and it wouldn't work.

11/4/2012 2:19:04 PM

Quote :

"thousands of lillegal mexicans"

Nothing wrong with being li'l

11/4/2012 2:20:37 PM

Your vote counts, but no it doesn't matter. Even if it was a 1 vote margin, it would be decided by the courts after a round of recounts.

That being said, I still voted because I feel it's my civic duty.

11/4/2012 2:24:15 PM

I wish they had a voting test. Just something dirt simple that'd make sure people had some basic knowledge about who they want to vote for.

11/4/2012 4:35:13 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws

11/4/2012 4:49:49 PM

Romney will win NC by a minimum of 4 points

11/4/2012 6:07:19 PM

most predictable post ever

11/4/2012 6:09:01 PM

I should have given the full range...Romney will win NC by between 4-10 points.

11/4/2012 6:21:42 PM