Low Foot Traffic Expected At Polls

It should be relatively easy to vote in today's runoff elections in North and South Carolina. Turnout in North Carolina's May 4th primary was only about 14 percent. The head of Mecklenburg county's elections board, Michael Dickerson, expects voter tallies to be even smaller. "I'll be surprised if you see a 2 or 3 percent turnout." Not too good, but it's also not quite as bad as it sounds. For one, there's only one statewide runoff - the Democratic race for U.S. Senate between Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham. And, in some areas, Dickerson says there aren't any candidates for Republicans to vote for because their primaries are already decided: "Immediately I've eliminated about 130,000 people that can't even vote because there's not a (runoff) in the congressional 9th district. Unless you're a Democrat, there's nothing for you to vote on," Dickerson said. In South Carolina, it's the Democratic Party that doesn't have any statewide runoffs. There are statewide Republican races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of education. Polls close at 7 in South Carolina and 7:30 in North Carolina.