Voters in North Carolina like to vote early. That means you’ll be seeing more of the candidates in all races over the next 17 days.Election officials are expecting a high turnout because early voting is popular in the Tar Heel state.Nearly 70% of votes cast in the past two presidential elections in North Carolina were early. Elections officials say the convenience of choosing a polling site and the 17-day early voting window are key factors.Candidates like North Carolina’s long early voting window as well. As people vote, candidates can be more focused and target certain areas with their campaigns.High Point University Associate Professor of Political Science, Martin Kifer, says,” I think that you can imagine that as early voting starts, those campaigns, those parties are going to be tracking extremely closely. Who’s already gone out, because, again, they don’t have to communicate with those people.”Kifer also says the longer early …