Thursday marks the first day of early voting in North Carolina, and voters across the Triad are fired up at the polls.Poll workers and voters arrived over an hour early to do their civic duty, and they say they are proud to do so.Marlene Carter was the second person to vote this morning at her location in Winston-Salem.”I got here at 7 a.m. … I’m ready to vote!” she said, “It was real fast. It was nice. And they were considerate. Got us in and out.”And James Blackburn has been volunteering as a poll worker for 12 years.“Somebody has to do it!” he said. “I think it’s going great! I’m surprised at the line that we have right now. So I think it’s going to be very interesting.”And elections officials agree. Charlie Collicutt is the director of the Guilford County Board of Elections.”I think it’s going really well. I can …