Election Day underway across Tar Heel State

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Voters in New Hanover County got out to the polls bright and early this morning.

Poll workers and voters say that it wasn’t a huge turnout early in the day, but that traffic at the polls is steady.

Electioneers were busy drumming up last-minute support for their candidates.They are excited to see so many voters taking the primaries seriously.

“I’ve been there since 6:30 this morning, and I’ll be here until 7:30 this evening,” Francine Decoursey said as she talked to voters outside a Wilmington polling location. “I’ve been pleased to see a pretty steady turnout. I hope that’s the case across all of the precincts, because voting in the primary is very important.”

Polls are open until 7:30 p.m.