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However, the State Board of Elections determined Turner had yet to vote at all in the current election.
"We have talked with Mr. Turner and learned that he is a senior citizen who made an unfortunate attempt at a joke," the board said in a statement.
North Carolina is considered a swing state where polls indicate Obama and Romney are in a dead heat.
The comment went viral during the weekend, and Turner said he and his family are receiving death threats as a result of the post.
"My concern now turns not to the controversy but to the safety of my family," Turner said in a statement. "I have received threatening phone calls and many calls urging me to turn myself in."
"My daughter says 69 year old men without basic computer knowledge should not play on Facebook," Turner said. "She's right!"