The campaigning – the rallies, the debates, the image ads, the attack ads – is over. Even much of the voting is over. But Tuesday gives voters in North Carolina and the rest of the nation one final chance to have their voices heard in this year’s elections.
Raleigh, N.C. — Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in North Carolina. Check back for hour-by-hour coverage and updates all day.7:00 a.m.: Election workers at the polling site at the Chapel Hill Public Library said there are only a few hundred registered voters at that precinct left to cast their ballot. Most people assigned to vote at that precinct cast their ballot early, election workers said. Only people who are registered to vote can cast a ballot on Election Day. Already,100 million people have cast their ballot nationwide. 6:30 a.m.: Polls are open at voting sites across North Carolina. Voters have until 7:30 p.m. to cast their vote. Lines are growing across the Triangle as people are hoping to cast their ballot before work on Tuesday. Stephanie High, from Wake County, was the first voter in line at the polling site at Millbrook Magnet Elementary School on Tuesday morning. “This election is so important,” High said. “I just, I wanted to be here. It didn’t matter how cold or how early, I wanted to be here. First in line if I needed to, whatever. I just needed to make sure I was here to cast my vote.” 6:00 a.m.: Short lines are already forming across the Triangle at polling sites. Voters can make sure they know their correct polling place using this tool on the State Board of Elections website. Many more polling sites are open on Election Day compared to early voting. For example,60 voting precincts will open today in Durham County.5:30 a.m.: A few early bird voters are already waiting in line at polling places in Raleigh and Durham. Temperatures are near-freezing in the Triangle, and a freeze warning is in effect until 8:30 a.m. The campaigning – the rallies, the debates, the image ads, the attack ads – is over.
