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   Number of votes cast set record, but voter turnout percentage didn't

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About 127 million votes cast, shattering 2004 record by at least 4.3 million votes

Turnout percentage about 61 percent, compared with 1960's 67 percent

Early voting tracker: 31.7 million voted early in at least 30 early voting states

North Carolina, Maine voters set record-breaking turnouts

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/voter.turnout/index.html