In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 photo, barber Carlton Nicholson stands beside a voter registration box in his downtown Raleigh, N.C. shop. President Barack Obama's campaign placed hundreds of these boxes in black-owned businesses in hopes of repeating his historic win in this conservative swing state. Nicholson voted for Obama in 2008 and plans to do so again, but he says it's going to take more than a few hundred boxes to keep North Carolina from crossing back over into the red column. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)
