Libertarian vote gives NC to Obama

[GreenInNC]

Looks like Obama will win NC by +/-10,000 votes. Bob Barr got 25,000 votes.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Thanks Bob!

:-) :hi:

[Naturyl]

2. I knew those idiots were good for something.

Thanks, Randroids and Paultards. :)

[Hope And Change]

3. 100% precincts reporting - 2:52 a.m. EST, Nov 5 '08

North Carolina

Obama 2,101,986 50%

McCain 2,089,826 49%


http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPNC

[paparush]

4. NC is going to count provisional ballots. There were 50,000 cast in 2004.

The official outcome in North Carolina will depend the counting of provisional ballots, cast by voters whose eligibility to vote must be confirmed. That's a process that could take several days. It wasn't immediately known how many provisional ballots are outstanding.

With 100 percent of the nearly 3,000 precincts reporting, Obama led McCain by about 12,000 votes out of more than 4.2 million counted in unofficial results. Libertarian Bob Barr had less than 1 percent.
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The State Board of Elections reported a 68.4 percent voter turnout unofficially, which doesn't include provisional ballots that numbered nearly 50,000 in the election between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry four years ago. The turnout is close to the 69 percent reported in the 1984 race between President Reagan and Walter Mondale, the highest since 1972.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881105023

[PretzelWarrior]

5. if you're talking PROVISIONAL then they should tip to Obama

since so many would be newly registered voters. If you're talking ABSENTEE ballots, then we are screwed in NC.

[paparush]

6. Yes. The Asheville Citizen Times (AP) said "provisional".

I'm thinking about all the military in eastern NC and all the absentee ballots they cast.

Well, it should be interesting and apparently GA is still in play too!

[GreenInNC]

7. absentees already counted

Absentee's are counted on the day of the election are included in the current totals. Provisional's have not been counted.