In North Carolina, the difference in votes for President-Elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain is now 13,746 votes as of 3:35pm according to the State Board of Elections.

The relatively small difference in votes has grown slightly as elections officials count provisional ballots, which kept the state from being offically called Election Night.

"Historically, the provisional ballots will be around 40,000," said the state's executive director Gary Bartlett.

According to Bartlett, provisional ballots come from voters who had identification problems at the precinct.

"Either their name is not on the poll books and there is some issue with ID, or [there is a] jurisdictional dispute," Bartlett said.

The state board's executive director said on average, about 65 percent of provisional ballots are able to be verified and counted. Historically, those votes favor the candidate that already has the lead.

"Therefore, it should increase Obama's lead," Bartlett said.

Bartlett says the results from provisional ballots should be released when County elections officials canvas, or audit, their election results. Countywide canvassing is scheduled for November 14th.

The state board of elections conducts its own canvas of election results. That audit will take place on November 25th, and Bartlett says the 25th will be the day North Carolina's election results are officially certified.