North Carolina is the first state in the nation to start voting -- counties can send out ballots as early as tomorrow 9/7, though late conventions and multiple ballot styles due to overlapping districts (Wake for example has 100+ different ballots) will delay many until as late as the 21st. Orange County (Chapel Hill) starts mailout on the 11th, election junkies can see their sample ballots at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/... According to http://reed.edu/... state #2 is KY starting 9/17.