Politics | North Carolina primary Primary Rules Foil Some NC Republicans Only Dems, unaffiliated voters have say in Cilnton-Obama tussle By Sam Gale Rosen Posted May 6, 2008 4:04 PM CDT Copied Poll workers check in voters as they arrive to cast their ballots for the North Carolina primary election at the Silk Hope Volunteer Fire Department in Silk Hope, N.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) North Carolina Republicans trying to vote in the Democratic primary are being frustrated—the state doesn't allow crossover voting. Rush Limbaugh has urged Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton to prolong the fight, but election officials say voters' impulses today were genuine. "They see an active presidential election, and they want to be a part of it," a state official told the Raleigh News & Observer. Read These Next 'Butt-breathing' could be the future for struggling patients. Arrests in federal gambling probe rock the NBA. Girl's suspected killer can't be named. But he was anyway. Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. Report an error