Politics

Election watchdogs say North Carolina voters are experiencing very few problems at the polls today. Bob Phillips of Common Cause North Carolina says lines are common everywhere, and wet weather damaged some ballots in the Raleigh area. But he says the 40-percent of voters who cast an early ballot seem to have made things easier today. "That's not to say that we will completely go through this period without any problems," says Phillips.

North Carolina is one of a handful of so-called battleground states the nation is watching closely today. Not since before 1976, has the state has chosen a Democrat for President. But polls show Barack Obama with strong support from North Carolina. "I think it's kind of exciting that North Carolina, our vote really counts," says voter Marge Godfrey. Sometimes you feel like it doesn't, but it does. So vote!" Godfrey waited about 30 minutes to vote at her Charlotte polling place this morning.

WFAE News' latest reports from Mecklenburg County and across North Carolina and analysis of election returns.

Senator Elizabeth Dole addresses her supporters as she concedes the North Carolina US Senate race to Democrat Kay Hagan.

Sen. Elizabeth Dole's latest ad implies that Kay Hagan is an atheist. The Dole campaign also leaves the impression that the Godless Americans Political Action Committee hosted a fund-raiser for Hagan. This isn't true.