NC gubernatorial candidates Josh Stein and Mark Robinson still hard at work on the campaign trail

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in Raleigh, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. Photo by Carla Peay/The Atlanta VoiceGUILFORD COUNTY, NC – It’s day three of early voting in North Carolina and the candidates are making their cases to the voters in person at voting locations across the state. Attorney General Josh Stein, the Democratic candidate for Governor, cast his ballot at the Southeast Raleigh YMCA& on Thursday, the first day of early voting in the state. Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for Governor, cast his ballot on Saturday at the Deep River Recreation Center in High Point.“From our exit polling, what we’re seeing is a ton of conservatives getting out to vote early and I think they’re eager,” Robinson said. “What they’re eager for is change at the very top, at the federal level and at the state level.”Robinson continues to denounce the CNN report released on September 19, which claimed Robinson made explicit racial and sexual posts on a message board several years ago. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Lt. Governor filed a $50 million lawsuit against CNN. Robinson called the CNN report a “high-tech lynching”, using the same term Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas used during...