I'm so proud of North Carolina and of my country

[auburngrad82]

We elected Barack Obama to the Presidency, the first time a black man has held the office.

We elected Bev Purdue to be our Governor, the first woman to hold that office in North Carolina.

And we dropped the big house on the Wicked Witch by electing Kay Hagan to the Senate.

It's a Trifecta here in North Carolina and I'm soooo happy this morning!

[Island Blue]

1. We do rock, don't we?

;-)

[paparush]

2. NC is going to count Provisional Ballots. 50,000 were 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

[Kahuna]

3. Congratulations!!! I know you must be very proud. nt

:grouphug: