battleground of north carolina. we know that, and we knee candidates know it, because each of them was here within the last 18 hours of their campaign. john, kate? victor blackwell, thank you so much. a key toss-up, now to boris sanchez outside a polling location in high lee aleah, flo. what are you seeing there, boris? significance lost on no one. reporter: good morning, kate. turnout so far has been somewhat slow at this location right behind us. about three dozen people lined up outside this morning when polls opened. now it s kind of quiet out here. but we re expecting things to get heated up as we get later into the evening. so far more than 6.5 million people have voted in the state of florida. that s more people than voted in the entire 2000 election, and the big story is turnout in the latino community. we re up 89% from where we were in 2008. that has major implications for both candidates.