Good morning. It’s Monday, November 2nd. This is your briefing from Lucas Dixon for The News & Observer. Today will begin with a cold start and warm to only the low 50s under sunny skies. Then, this evening, expect another cold, clear night with patchy frost by morning. In our top story: More than 4.5 million North Carolinians have already voted heading into Election Day tomorrow, which equals more than 95 percent of all the North Carolina voters who cast ballots in 2016.