At one-stop voting locations you can not only vote early, but you can also register and vote at the same time.

And so far, the focus on the presidential primaries has early voting numbers shattering old records.

As soon as the one-stop voting started at Cary's Herbert C. Young Community Center, several candidates set up shop, greeting people as they approached.

They had good reason too; every day hundreds of people were filing past, each one a potential vote.

The Wake County Board of Elections even upped the number of one-stop-voting stations to eight.

They've gone with as few as one in the past.

"I've been here since 1991 and since that time, no, there's never been anything like this," said Board of Elections Director Cherie Poucher.

Candidates say it's a great opportunity to get their message out, especially in so-called "down ballot races," the ones that many people might not know much about before they show up to vote.

"There's usually about a 20 percent drop-off between the top of the ticket and this race," said Democratic State Senate hopeful Jack Nichols.

Nichols and Josh Stein are facing off for the same state senate nomination, and have spent the week jockeying for position 10 feet apart from each other.

"We've been very cordial," said Stein. "Jack's a nice guy, and we've been treating each other very well."

Candidates aren't the only ones who've noticed: voters are feeding off the excitement, too.

"I think it's magnificent. It really is," said Hal Shook. "It just shows what America is all about."

Board of Elections officials say the scary thing is these numbers will be dwarfed by Tuesday's turnout.