Red State Diaries, Part II

When the ballots of the 15 members of the North Carolina Elector College were tallied in the Old House Chamber of the Capitol, there were 16 votes for Bush. NC Electoral College Chair, Robert Rector, immediately verbally polled the 15 electors. This time the vote came out right, and the ballots were "signed, seal and shipped" to Washington to be opened on January 2, 2005.

- Raleigh News Observer, 12/14/2004.