Early voting to begin Thursday
Early voting to begin Thursday in US (via AFP)
Voters in 32 US states and the capital Washington will be able to cast early ballots from Thursday ahead of the bitterly contested November presidential and legislative elections. North Carolina gets the ball rolling on Thursday — the same day that US President Barack Obama will accept his party’s…
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