north carolina sent 134 delegates to the 2008 democratic national convention. 115 delegates were tied to the results of the primary, with the remainder being unelected superdelegates not pledged to any candidate. registered democrats and unaffiliated voters (but not registered republicans) were allowed to participate. the polls were open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm, eastern daylight time (utc-4). north carolina had 5,811,778 registered voters in 2,817 precincts, with turnout at 36.42%.