Here's some news on the primaries today. In North Carolina there are long lines at the polls this morning. This follows reports of unusually high early voting there.
Reports from voting precincts across the Charlotte metro region area indicated dozens of people already in line when voting began at 6:30 a.m. Long lines were common at precincts, especially those with large numbers of Democratic voters, until about 8 a.m. The lines were shorter by 8:30 a.m. At one Raleigh precinct, more than 150 people stood in line at 7:30 a.m. An hour later, the line was far shorter. One voter who arrived at Mecklenburg County's Precinct 237, University Meadows Elementary School, off University City Boulevard, reported waiting about 25 minutes to vote shortly after 7 a.m. He was the 116th person to vote....The polls are open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., but some voters didn't wait this morning. Lines began forming at some polling places at 6 a.m., when many of those voting locations opened their doors. WCNC-TV, the Observer's news partner, reported about 25 people already had entered the voting place at the McCrorey YMCA on Beatties Ford Road by 6:10 a.m.
In Indiana there is a report of illegal robocalls from a GOP-leaning group that is targeting Obama. This from the Indianapolis Star:
Some Hoosier voters also received an automated phone call -- illegal in Indiana -- Monday from an organization identified as the National Right to Life political action committee. The call urges the listener not to vote for Obama and claims he will legalize "partial-birth abortion" and allow "abortion on demand." The group's PAC did not return calls seeking comment. On its Web site, however, National Right to Life PAC does not make a distinction between the abortion views of Clinton and Obama, calling them both "pro-abortion" candidates. Automated phone calls are illegal in Indiana unless the message is preceded by a live operator or recipients previously agreed to receive them. Former Rep. Tim Roemer, who supports Obama, said the calls are "part of the politics of destruction that we have to end" and are being made by the GOP-friendly group because it thinks Clinton would be the easier Democrat to beat in November. "They have virtually identical records," Roemer said of Obama's and Clinton's positions on abortion. "I don't think Hoosiers are going to fall for this."
Also, confirmation from John Edwards that he will remain on the sidelines for the rest of the Obama-Clinton contest (is it because he and Elizabeth disagree on who to endorse?).
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