Early voting turnout in Wake County, NC (Raleigh) breaks records

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Wake County surpassed all of its prior early voting turnouts, with more than 302,000 residents casting their ballots in the 2016 general election, the Wake County Board of Elections announced Saturday. The previous early voting turnout record was 260,743 in the 2012 general election.

About 44 percent of North Carolina voters have now cast ballots through in-person early voting or by mailing in absentee ballots., according to the North Carolina Board of Elections.



Officials said that more than 3 million people have cast ballots in the 2016 general election, with 2.9 million voters casting ballots during the 17 days of in-person early voting. About 44 percent of North Carolina voters have now cast ballots through in-person early voting or by mailing in absentee ballots.

The massive turnout during the early voting period is outpacing the 2012 results by 13.4 percent, officials said.

So, all the stories of long lines are not just anecdotal. There really have been more people early voting. I hope the record breaking continues on Tuesday because a massive turnout means
Hillary wins NC!

http://www.wral.com/record-breaking-early-voting-turnout-highest-in-wake-county-history/16200572/

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1. Woooooohooooo!!!

ON FIRE!!!!!!

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2. impressive but probably only about even with 2012 when adjusting for population growth

I drive by a polling place to and from work and it looked busy most of the times.