Elections and Voting
November 6, 2008 -
An update to our last two posts on North Carolina, which have showed that the lead Barack Obama now holds over John McCain is unlikely to be overcome
November 5, 2008 -
Record early voting led to shorter lines on Election Day for many counties across the South. In states with early voting like North Carolina, long lines were present at polling places in the early mornings, but soon crowds eased and many voters faced little or no wait.
November 5, 2008 -
Responding to a lawsuit filed yesterday by the McCain campaign complaining that local election officials in Virginia failed to send absentee ballots to overseas military personnel soon enough for them to vo
November 5, 2008 -
We reported earlier that in the North Carolina presidential race, John McCain would have a very hard time making up the 11,690 votes by which he currently trails Barack Obama as the state sorts through provisional ballots. You can read more at the Raleigh News & Observer's Under the Dome.
November 5, 2008 -
Unlike the last two elections, yesterday's balloting took place without significant, widespread problems with electronic voting machines -- at least not the kind of problems that raise questions about the outcome of the presidential race.
November 5, 2008 -
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a noted civil rights leader and one of the founders of the Institute for Southern Studies, speaking to NBC News last night about Barack Obama's historic election as the first African-American president of the United States of America: