voter turnout

It would probably have been cheaper to buy each candidate a fancy racecar and have them do 300 laps:

By mid-morning Tuesday, 10 people had voted in Tyrell County and 14 in Camden County. The largest precinct in Wake County, the seat of state government, had 23 voters. Tuesday’s runoff will cost N.C. taxpayers at least $6 million.

It cost a hell of a lot more than that; we could end up with Tea Party Tedesco superintending all the schools in the state. Here's more via our pals at NC Policywatch:

This from ABC channel 11 (WTVD) on voter turnout around the state.

What is it like in your neck of the woods? My own precinct was so slow, i was the only voter present the whole time I was there to cast my ballot. I was around number 350 for a fairly large, strongly Democratic precinct in Raleigh.

Apathy and indifference could be deadly:

Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, says Democratic interest is in "severe decline" compared with 2008 when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton courted the state during the primary.

Obama won this state by less than 1 percent of the vote in 2008. Jensen said if the same people who came out in 2008 plan to vote this year, Burr and Marshall would be essentially tied.

Instead more people who voted for John McCain two years ago plan to vote this year than those who backed Obama, Jensen said Friday.

Should we really be proud of 38%