When will NC be official? So far, none of the networks are mentioning it...

[anneboleyn]

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1. No later than Nov. 20th

RALEIGH, N.C. — Barack Obama's bid to win North Carolina - now only symbolic - turned to thousands of provisional ballots Wednesday that must be sorted, analyzed and counted before they can be added to the Election Day tally.

State Board of Elections director Gary Bartlett estimated there are about 40,000 provisional ballots left to count, cast by voters whose eligibility to vote must be confirmed.

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Bartlett said history suggests that about 65 percent of those ballots will be eligible and they are likely to break toward the winner in numbers similar to that of Election Day. Unofficial election results show Obama with 13,746 votes more than Republican nominee John McCain as of Wednesday evening.

"It would not be surprising to see the margin increase," Bartlett said.

That said, most provisional ballots are usually cast on Election Day. And McCain won nearly 53 percent of all votes on Tuesday, while Obama won the votes cast early by roughly the same margin.

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County boards will then canvass their results by Nov. 14, and voters will have a chance to challenge the decision. The counties will certify the results on Nov. 20 if no protests are pending.

Full article here...
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3903854/

[anneboleyn]

2. Thanks for the great response. That's a LOT of provisional ballots.

I would think that most of those would be for Barack. I hope they can declare the state earlier rather than later in the month. This would increase Barack's electoral vote total to 364, I believe.