• House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, participates in a conference call with reporters on behalf of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

 

• Romney will get additional support in Raleigh Tuesday morning, as U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., hosts a roundtable discussion on Romney’s behalf at Big Ed’s barbecue restaurant at 9:45.

 

• Tillis also is looking to find a compromise that can win some Democratic support on a law requiring voters to present IDs at the polls.

 

• In this video targeted at grass-roots volunteers, President Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina cites North Carolina as an example of the president’s strong ground game.