A poll worker waits to greet voters at a polling place at Project Enlightenment Park on November 3, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Poll workers said at several different polling stations said turnout had been low so far.
A poll workers cleans a voting booth after a voter used it on election day at Campus Hills Park (Durham County Precinct 47) on November 3, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Poll workers said at several different polling stations said turnout had been low so far.
Voters wearing patriotic costumes leave the Graham Recreation Center after casting their ballots on November 3, 2020 in Graham, North Carolina.
A voter casts her ballot at the Graham Recreation Center on November 3, 2020 in Graham, North Carolina.
People participate in a "Puppies to the Polls" event with N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein, State Representative Yvonne Holley, and State Representative Rosa Gill at Project Enlightenment Park on November 3, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Holley is currently running for Lieutenant Governor, while Stein and Gill are running for reelection.
The Reverend Greg Drumwright addresses demonstrators before leading them to polls and to the Alamance County Courthouse and Confederate Monument on November 3, 2020 in Graham, North Carolina. A similar march on Saturday, October 31, ended prematurely when law enforcement deployed pepper spray against marchers. This march ended peacefully after scattered verbal sparring with counter-protesters carrying Confederate and other right-leaning flags.
A counter protester holds confederate flags as demonstrators assemble at the Alamance County Courthouse and Confederate Monument on November 3, 2020 in Graham, North Carolina. A similar march on Saturday, October 31, ended prematurely when law enforcement deployed pepper spray against marchers. This march ended peacefully after scattered verbal sparring with counter protesters carrying Confederate and other right-leaning flags.
A driver shows solidarity with demonstrators marching to polls and to the Alamance County Courthouse and Confederate Monument on November 3, 2020 in Graham, North Carolina. A similar march on Saturday, October 31, ended prematurely when law enforcement deployed pepper spray against marchers. This march ended peacefully after scattered verbal sparring with counter-protesters carrying Confederate and other right-leaning flags.
People mingle and watch election returns at the North Carolina GOP Election Night Watch Party on November 3, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A cardboard cutout of President Donald J. Trump looms over people checking their phones as election results come in at the North Carolina GOP Election Night Watch Party on November 3, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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