Election Day: What you need to know about voting in NC
RALEIGH N 96.5 FM ANOTHER
UPDATE A FEW MINUTES.
>> 5 THINGS TO POLLS ARE NOW
OPEN ALL ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA
FOR THIS IS PRIMARY ELECTION.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THE POLLS HAVE
BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE OVER
AN HOUR NOW. HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HEAD TO
THE VOTING BOOTH TO THE SIDE
WHO WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN
THE GENERAL ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER. HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO TO THE
POLLS TODAY. VOTING CONTINUES
UNTIL 7.30, THIS EVENING.
IF YOU'RE IN LINE WHEN THAT
TIME COMES, YOU WILL STILL BE
ALLOWED TO VOTE THIS YEAR.
YOU NEED TO BRING A PHOTO ID
TO YOUR POLLING PLACE. THAT
COULD BE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A
PASSPORT OR OTHER FORMS OF ID
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS. WE'LL ALSO BE A
SLIGHT DELAY IN GETTING THE
RESULTS LATER THIS EVENING AS
BECAUSE OF A NEW LAW THAT
THERE'S A LULL IN THE VOTES TO
BE COUNTED UNTIL AFTER THE
POLLS CLOSE.
>> WE ARE TRACKING THE BIG
RACES HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
WRAL'S LAURA LEVINE JOINS US
LIVE FROM A POLLING PLACE.
THE BRIER CREEK COMMUNITY
CENTER AND LAURA, WALK US
THROUGH THE ONES VOTERS WILL
SEE ON THE BALLOT TODAY.
RENEE, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO
MANY VOTERS COME HERE TO
BRIAR CREEK TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT. AS WE KNOW NORTH
CAROLINA IS AMONG 16 STATES
THAT WILL HAVE VOTERS HEAD TO
THE POLLS TODAY.
>> TO HELP SELECT THE MAJOR
PARTY NOMINEES FOR THIS
NOVEMBER'S PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. IT'S ALSO TODAY WHERE
NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS WILL
SELECT MAJOR PARTY NOMINEES FOR
GOVERNOR AND A HOST OF OTHER
STATEWIDE OFFICES. NOW STARTING
WITH THE PRIMARY FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION. FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSED VOTERS
SATURDAY IN GREENSBOROUGH
CONFIDENT HE'LL BE THE ONE TO
TAKE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN.
MEANWHILE, NIKKI HALEY, FORMER
UN AMBASSADOR USE THE SUPER
TUESDAY AS AN OFF-RAMP FROM
MANY REPUBLICANS AND
UNAFFILIATED VOTERS DESPERATE
TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD.
THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR
GOVERNOR WILL SET UP ONE OF THE
MOST WATCHED GUBERNATORIAL
RACES IN THE NATION. THE
DEMOCRATIC FIELD INCLUDES
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN,
FORMER STATE SUPREME COURT
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MARK MIKE
MORGAN, THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF
GARY FOX AND TRYING TOWN
COUNCIL MEMBER. BOOKER, THE
REPUBLICAN FIELD FEATURES
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK
ROBINSON, FORMER PROSECUTOR AND
TRIAL ATTORNEY BILL GRAHAM AND
STATE TREASURER DALE FOLWELL.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER
STATEWIDE RACES FROM INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER, 2 ATTORNEYS
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR AND MORE AND VOTERS IN
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STATE
WILL ALSO VOTE IN REGIONAL
RACES ARE RANGING FROM THE U.S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DOWN
TO STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS,
JUDGES AND OTHER POSITIONS.
SO THE NEXT HALF HOUR, I'LL
EXPLAIN SOME OF THE CHANGES
THAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN
ORDER FOR THEIR VOTE TO COUNT
AND ALSO WIN. WE'LL SEE THE
RESULTS. LAURA LEVINE, WRAL
NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH.
>> AND THIS REMINDER, AS
STUDENTS AND SOME SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE THE DAY OFF
TODAY AND ELECTION DAY, DOZENS
OF SCHOOLS OF POLLING SITES
OPEN TO VOTERS AND VOLUNTEERS
WAKE ORANGE IN JOHNSON COUNTY
SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE HOLDING
CLASSES TODAY AS WELL AS TEMPLE
WHO COVER CITY SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS IN THE DOING PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOUGH, AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS DO
HAVE CLASSES TODAY WILL HAVE
THE FASTEST ELECTION RESULTS
AS THEY ARE COUNTED ON WRAL,
TV.
>> WRAL DOT COM AND THE WRAL
NEWS APP.
>> LOOK FOR UPDATES ON ALL THE
BIG RACES EVERY 30 MINUTES
AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE ON WRAL
NEWS. PLUS, YOU CAN FIND THAT
ON CHANNEL. 34 OVER THE AIR
SPECTRUM CHANNEL 12. 57, YOUR
SMART TV AND MOBILE DEVICES
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON AIR
AND ONLINE. WE'LL HAVE INSIGHT
AND ANALYSIS FROM OUR NC
CAPITOL TEAM. 4 NATIONAL
COVERAGE. NBC NEWS WILL HAVE
A FULL WRAP-UP OF SUPER TUESDAY
RESULTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AT 10:00PM ON WRAL. OUR TEAM OF
REPORTERS WILL HAVE YOU COVERED
WITH THE LOCAL RACES AT 10