NC midterm voter turnout

[struggle4progress]

By Matthew Burns
WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

... 3:40 p.m.: North Carolina is on track for a 48 percent voter turnout, according to projections from Catawba College professor Michael Bitzer. That would be the highest turnout for a midterm election since 1990, when turnout was an astounding 61.8 percent.

Turnout in North Carolina's last "blue moon election," when there are no presidential, gubernatorial or U.S. Senate elections on the ballot, was 36.6 percent in 2006, according to the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. Back then, the total number of votes cast was just over 2 million, which was about the same number cast during this year's early voting period ...

https://www.wral.com/nc-s-blue-moon-election-has-turned-red-hot/17972210/

[SaschaHM]

1. We may not have a big statewide race here in NC, but we have an NCGA that...

acts like a Republican Central Committee and a bunch of either unnecessary or power grabbing constitutional amendments that we are turning out to defeat. We also might secure a 5-2 liberal majority on our Supreme Court which is a necessity given all the signs that the NCGA plans to pack it soon. It's currently 4-3, but since they can add 2 seats, if it stays 4-3 in favor of Ds, they're going to add 2 more republicans to make it 5-4 in favor of Rs.