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Election Day arrives in Durham

November 4, 2008

Election Day dawned dreary and wet this morning, with those who had not partaken in early voting bringing out their umbrellas and donning rain jackets to head to the polls. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30 p.m.
Voting has gone mostly smoothly in the Triangle, the N&O reports, with the record turnout [...]

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Greetings from Yadkinville

November 1, 2008

There’s a lot to separate Durham and Yadkinville, North Carolina–a hundred miles of highway, a few hundred thousand person population difference, and, oh yeah, a 180 degree shift in politics.
Durham County, where Duke is located, was the most democratic county in state in the 2004 presidential election, casting more than two-thirds of its ballots for [...]

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Early voting wraps up in Durham

November 1, 2008

Early voting ended today in N.C. In Durham County, and nearly 100,000 people voted early, 9,361 of them at Duke. Check out the chart above for early voting trends. CNN has a great summary on their website of early voting statistics from the 31 states that offer it.
Polls in N.C. open at 6:30 AM on [...]

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