Reports received here said that there was confusion at some polling places because of the large number of ballot boxes required to handle the referendum measures, constitutional amendments, state, national and county tickets.
The women’s vote also was expected to be heavy, reports reaching here saying that in many precincts more women had registered than men.
With balmy breezes and the sun shining brightly, Wake county poll officials were operating in the open air in many of the precincts. In a few the ballot boxes were indoors, but in many the long line was stretched across the front of a building or in the yards of residences.
Up to noon a comparatively light vote had been cast for precincts reporting more than one-third of their registration as having been to the polls. Many women were voting, some precincts reporting the vote about even as between men and women.
In many of the precincts the early vote, it was said, indicated that the port terminal bill was running ahead. In a few it was running behind, while in others officials reported the voters paying little attention to the referendum measures and constitutional amendments.
La Follette, according to officials, was getting a number of votes in every precinct. One precinct reported the Wisconsin senator was running ahead of the Republican ticket.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1924
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