Another 298 voters went to the polls by end of business Saturday, bringing the total to 1,520.
Early voting ends Saturday, Feb. 28. at 3 p.m. There is no Sunday voting during this primary. The local board had a split vote on whether to offer Sunday voting, triggering a final decision by the state Board of Elections. State law requires a unanimous decision on election times and early voting by the local board.
Early polls are located at the Chadbourn Municipal Annex, Ransom Center, Fair Bluff Fire Department, Tabor City courthouse, and Board of Elections Office. Any registered voter may vote at any polling location during the early polling period. On Primary Day (March 3) voters must go to their home precincts.
You must have an ID to cast a ballot. Free IDs are available at the board of elections during early voting.
Registered Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters declaring for a party may vote during this cycle. Party nominees will be decided in the March 3 primary. All voters may cast a ballot in the November election.
A number of elections will be decided in the primary, due to a lack of candidates from both parties.
The sheriff’s race has four Republicans vying for the nomination, and no Democrat candidates. The Clerk of Court race has only one candidate, incumbent Jess Hill, a Republican. Republicans Jenna Early and J.K. Somers are running for the District Attorney’s seat. The winner of that race will be unopposed in the fall.
Democrat Barbara Featherson is running for the District One commissioners seat she currently holds. She is unopposed, and no Republicans filed for that post.
In the District Two County Board of Education race, Democrat Beatrice Addison-Robinson will face incumbent Republican Ronnie Dale Strickland in the fall. Both are unopposed for the nomination.
The District Six County Commissioner’s race has Republican incumbent Rickey Bullard facing a challenge from Jeanne McPherson and Jody Hinson. No Democrats filed for the post.
Alonzo McArthur and Jeff Register are running for the Democrat nod for District Seven. The winner of that race will face Republican incumbent Scott Floyd in the fall. Floyd is unopposed in the primary.
In state races, Republican Brenden Jones, the incumbent representative from Tabor City, will face Democrat Brittany Newton of Whiteville in the fall. Neither has a challenger on the March 3 ballot.
Fair Bluff native and Southport resident Bill Rabon has no challenger for the Republican primary for State Senate. He will face Democrat Rick Combes of Ocean Isle and Libertarian Timothy White of Wilmington in November.
Congressman David Rouzer will face Democrat Kimberly Hardy in the fall. Neither is opposed on the primary ballot.
A wide field of Democrats and Republicans are vying to replace Thom Tillis in the U.S. Senate. Tillis did not run for reelection.
Former Gov. Roy Cooper is far ahead of other Democrat senatorial candidates. He faces primary challenges from Daryl Farrow, Marcus Williams, Orrick Quick, Justin Dues and Robert Colon.
On the Republican side, Michael Whatley and Don Brown are leading the pack of hopefuls to replace Tillis. Other Senate candidates are Elizabeth Temple, Thomas Johnson and Michelle Morrow.
