UPDATE: North Carolina primary is Tuesday, May 8 By IRENE NOLAN

By IRENE NOLAN

By IRENE NOLAN

The North Carolina primary election on Tuesday, May 8, has not garnered the amount of media coverage as races in other states have, but there are still important choices for voters to make.

We will be voting for a candidate for President of the United States, though both Democrats and Republicans apparently have settled that issue.

We will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to between one man and one woman.

Since Gov. Beverly Perdue decided not to run for another term, both parties have about a half dozen candidates on their primary ballots for us to choose the ones who will run in November to replace her.

There will be choices to be made in primary races for other state offices, U.S. Congress, state senator, and state representative, and in some races for county commissioner.  

Four Dare County commissioners are up for re-election, though not all will be challenged in the primary elections.  Hyde County Commissioner Darlene Styron has a primary opponent in the Democratic race, but the winner will be unchallenged in November.

Dare also has non-partisan races for four-year terms on the Board of Education.

In District 2, Stan Clough of Kill Devil Hills is competing against incumbent Ben Sproul, also of Kill Devil Hills. In District 4, David Conley of Frisco is challenging incumbent Anthony Fletcher of Buxton.  Two candidates, Heidi Leo of Kill Devil Hills and Richard Martin of Manteo, are challenging incumbent David Oaksmith for the at-large seat.

You can see the story below for more information on local primary races and the candidates.  And you can see the sample Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and nonpartisan ballots at http://www.darenc.com/boe/docs/sample.pdf. These sample ballots list all of the candidates running in each race in each party.

In Dare County, party affiliation determines the primary in which you will vote. Currently, the state Republican and Democratic parties allow unaffiliated voters to vote in their primaries, but you must choose which one you want to vote in on Election Day.

One-stop voting in Dare County began on April 10 and will continue today at the Dare County Elections office in Manteo and at the Fessenden Center in Buxton and the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. Tomorrow, one-stop voting will be open only at the elections office in Manteo.

In Dare County, 1,145 voters have cast their ballot in the early one-stop voting.  That is about 4.2 percent of Dare’s 27,423 registered voters. Early voters have included 598 Democrats, 482 Republicans, 64 unaffiliated, and one Libertarian.

On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

For all information on voter registration, elections laws, and polling places, go to the Dare County Board of Elections website at http://www.darenc.com/boe/ or the Hyde County Board of Elections website at http://www.hydecountync.gov/departments/elections_office.php

The North Carolina primary election on Tuesday, May 8, has not garnered the amount of media coverage as races in other states have, but there are still important choices for voters to make.

We will be voting for a candidate for President of the United States, though both Democrats and Republicans apparently have settled that issue.

We will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to between one man and one woman.

Since Gov. Beverly Perdue decided not to run for another term, both parties have about a half dozen candidates on their primary ballots for us to choose the ones who will run in November to replace her.

There will be choices to be made in primary races for other state offices, U.S. Congress, state senator, and state representative, and in some races for county commissioner.  

Four Dare County commissioners are up for re-election, though not all will be challenged in the primary elections.  Hyde County Commissioner Darlene Styron has a primary opponent in the Democratic race, but the winner will be unchallenged in November.

Dare also has non-partisan races for four-year terms on the Board of Education.

In District 2, Stan Clough of Kill Devil Hills is competing against incumbent Ben Sproul, also of Kill Devil Hills. In District 4, David Conley of Frisco is challenging incumbent Anthony Fletcher of Buxton.  Two candidates, Heidi Leo of Kill Devil Hills and Richard Martin of Manteo, are challenging incumbent David Oaksmith for the at-large seat.

You can see the story below for more information on local primary races and the candidates.  And you can see the sample Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and nonpartisan ballots at http://www.darenc.com/boe/docs/sample.pdf. These sample ballots list all of the candidates running in each race in each party.

In Dare County, party affiliation determines the primary in which you will vote. Currently, the state Republican and Democratic parties allow unaffiliated voters to vote in their primaries, but you must choose which one you want to vote in on Election Day.

One-stop voting in Dare County began on April 10 and will continue today at the Dare County Elections office in Manteo and at the Fessenden Center in Buxton and the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. Tomorrow, one-stop voting will be open only at the elections office in Manteo.

In Dare County, 1,145 voters have cast their ballot in the early one-stop voting.  That is about 4.2 percent of Dare’s 27,423 registered voters. Early voters have included 598 Democrats, 482 Republicans, 64 unaffiliated, and one Libertarian.

On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

For all information on voter registration, elections laws, and polling places, go to the Dare County Board of Elections website at http://www.darenc.com/boe/ or the Hyde County Board of Elections website at http://www.hydecountync.gov/departments/elections_office.php

The North Carolina primary election on Tuesday, May 8, has not garnered the amount of media coverage as races in other states have, but there are still important choices for voters to make.

We will be voting for a candidate for President of the United States, though both Democrats and Republicans apparently have settled that issue.

We will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to between one man and one woman.

Since Gov. Beverly Perdue decided not to run for another term, both parties have about a half dozen candidates on their primary ballots for us to choose the ones who will run in November to replace her.

There will be choices to be made in primary races for other state offices, U.S. Congress, state senator, and state representative, and in some races for county commissioner.  

Four Dare County commissioners are up for re-election, though not all will be challenged in the primary elections.  Hyde County Commissioner Darlene Styron has a primary opponent in the Democratic race, but the winner will be unchallenged in November.

Dare also has non-partisan races for four-year terms on the Board of Education.

In District 2, Stan Clough of Kill Devil Hills is competing against incumbent Ben Sproul, also of Kill Devil Hills. In District 4, David Conley of Frisco is challenging incumbent Anthony Fletcher of Buxton.  Two candidates, Heidi Leo of Kill Devil Hills and Richard Martin of Manteo, are challenging incumbent David Oaksmith for the at-large seat.

You can see the story below for more information on local primary races and the candidates.  And you can see the sample Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and nonpartisan ballots at http://www.darenc.com/boe/docs/sample.pdf. These sample ballots list all of the candidates running in each race in each party.

In Dare County, party affiliation determines the primary in which you will vote. Currently, the state Republican and Democratic parties allow unaffiliated voters to vote in their primaries, but you must choose which one you want to vote in on Election Day.

One-stop voting in Dare County began on April 10 and will continue today at the Dare County Elections office in Manteo and at the Fessenden Center in Buxton and the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. Tomorrow, one-stop voting will be open only at the elections office in Manteo.

In Dare County, 1,145 voters have cast their ballot in the early one-stop voting.  That is about 4.2 percent of Dare’s 27,423 registered voters. Early voters have included 598 Democrats, 482 Republicans, 64 unaffiliated, and one Libertarian.

On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

For all information on voter registration, elections laws, and polling places, go to the Dare County Board of Elections website at http://www.darenc.com/boe/ or the Hyde County Board of Elections website at http://www.hydecountync.gov/departments/elections_office.php

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