2.5 Million Early Voters

The Charlotte Observer reports that a record breaking 2.5 million North Carolinians voted early this year, which makes up 41 percent of registered voters in the now battleground state. 

With the Dole - Hagan race becoming tighter, Obama and McCain are putting enormous efforts to win North Carolina's 15 electoral votes in the next 2 days. 

Election officials at the polls did release information on the types of voters who cast their ballots early - more Democrats than Republicans and more Blacks than in 2004. Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling says that "Obama will go into Election Day with a 200,000 to 300,000 lead." The GOP "72-hour project" has a lot of work to do before Tuesday...people need an incentive to get to the polls.