You are absolutely correct! I was watching the vote totals online and McCrory was holding a small, but significant lead until those late votes from Durham County came in. I have never voted in any other state except NC and I can assure you that the polls are NOT generally kept open after 7:30 pm. Those that are in line at 7:30 are allowed to vote, but that's it.
McCrory has done an EXCELLENT job as governor in managing the fiscal crisis the state was in following many years of governorship by a corrupt Mike Easley and an incompetent Beverly Purdue. He also did a wonderful job in his response to the flooding that resulted from Hurricane Matthew. He has been harassed by the NAACP his entire term as governor. Toilets were even placed in front of the governor's mansion! He did not deserve that and does not deserve to have his re-election stolen from him!
A very large group of lefty idiots have been making noise with anything you can think of outside the Gov mansion for most of his term, voter ID was knocked down, and 2 ton NCAAP Big Mouth has never shut up since day one. I am a native who continues to see more and more transplants running roughshod over us for most of my 54 years.