More than 2.1 million Floridians have voted in election

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — As Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama campaigned together Thursday for the first time in North Carolina, early voting in the presidential battleground state appeared likely to surge beyond 2012 levels with the rollout of more polling sites after a protracted battle on voting access.

Voters in Amarillo made several claims on Facebook that their votes have been changed from Trump to Clinton.

In this October 24, 2016, photo, an early ballot envelope is held at town hall in North Andover, Mass. Between 1,200 and 1,500 poll workers are trained in any given election.

Jess Perez, a University of Arkansas student who also voted Wednesday, said she voted early for the first time this year because who becomes president is important to her and the people she cares about.

The uneven rollout of early voting sites came after a federal appeals court ruled the GOP-controlled state legislature illegally sought to boost its advantage with ballot access rules meant to discriminate against minorities, who predominantly vote Democratic.

Norden says voters will probably see more of this in the days to come, and he’s anxious about it causing long lines at some polling places if machines are taken out of service.

Nationwide, more than 4 million voters have already cast a ballot in this November 8 election featuring presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, both of whom have have strong support among their respective bases but high unfavorable ratings.

North Carolina is another state where Republicans passed egregious voter restrictions only to have them overturned by a court.

Donald Trump deserves to lose big, so he should.

Some voters in Texas, which began its early voting period this week, have experienced problems casting their ballots.

In-person voting is off to a slower start for both Democrats and Republicans compared to 2012, when Republican Mitt Romney narrowly won the state.

“I work for the university teaching at the Art Department, and I teach on Election Day, so I’m just trying to ease up my schedule (by voting early)”, Ramirez said.

For the moment, these numbers show how these counties are performing in turnout based on the state as a whole, and so far, Democrats are under-performing in two key counties, Broward and Palm Beach. All are crucial for Trump. Democrats lead in returned ballots, 46 percent to 35 percent.

Voters who do not have one of seven previously required forms of photo ID can cast a ballot this year by signing an affidavit, but some polling locations put up outdated signs listing the old rules.

Almost 70 percent of all Nevada ballots were cast early in 2012; Obama won the state by 6 percentage points. Instead, she opened up only one early voting site – in her office. The latest numbers show almost 876,000 Republicans have cast ballots compared to more than 862,000 Democrats.

The issue Guidry is most concerned about is Issue 7, the act to legalize medical cannabis, which she supports. Ballots rose in Arizona especially among younger adults and Latinos.

While up to 40 percent of the country might end up voting early, data-driven website FiveThirtyEight cautioned against reading too much into the early results. Turnout was 70.53 percent in 2012 and 69.97 percent in 2008. He tweeted on Thursday: “A lot of call-ins about vote flipping at the voting booths in Texas“. The state did not provide breakdowns by party.

Meanwhile, turnout remains high following a long, contentious presidential campaign. (The state had approved only a driver’s license or a gun license for voting.) A federal court agreement specified that voters without IDs may still cast ballots if they sign a declaration and show an alternate ID, such as a utility bill. He and the Republican-run legislature passed a voter ID law that would have knocked out 10 percent of all voters in the state. 4, 8 a.m. -6 p.m.; Saturday and November 5, 10 a.m. -4 p.m.; November 7, 8 a.m. -5 p.m.

Democrats lead early ballot requests in Iowa, 43 percent to 35 percent. Registered Democrats led by 15,000 votes in Nevada and by 100,000 in North Carolina, a slight uptick over their respective leads at this point in 2012.

Through Wednesday, more people in Miami-Dade have cast ballots than anywhere else: 238,888, or 17.8 percent of the county electorate, based on the September 30 registration numbers.

The white share of ballots rose a percentage point to 66 percent.

The secretary of state’s office, which oversees elections, reports that it has received between 2,500 and 3,000 calls daily on the office’s election hotline, including calls about suspected irregularities – more than in the last presidential election year.