Tuesday, May 8, 2018, is the official voting day for the Democratic primary. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Vance County currently has 12 polling locations that serve 16 precincts.
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According to Faye Gill, director of the Vance County Board of Elections, a total of 25,548 residents are eligible to vote in the primary election. This total includes 19,722 registered Democrats and 5,826 registered as unaffiliated.
The 4,430 voters registered as Republican are not eligible to vote in the primary election due to there being no contested Republican primary races in Vance County.
Any candidate who filed that is unopposed in Vance County will be on the November 6th general election ballot.
Early voting for the primary was available at three area locations from April 19 to May 5. According to Gill, a total of 2,182 eligible voters took advantage of early voting opportunities.
Contested democratic races include the Vance County Sheriff’s position and Board of Education representatives for the District 6 and District 7 seats.
For the sheriff’s seat, voters will select from democratic candidates Curtis Brame, Melissa Elliott or Billy Gooch. One of these candidates will proceed to face unopposed Republican candidate Charles Pulley in the general election.
Long-serving Vance County Sheriff Peter White did not file for re-election.
For the Democratic primary, eligible voters in District 6 will choose between Board of Education incumbent Margaret Ellis or challenger Omega Perry.
In District 7, Board of Education incumbent Ruth Hartness is being challenged by Marcia Allen.
VANCE COUNTY POLLING LOCATIONS:
- North Henderson 1 – County Office Building – 305 Young St & Walnut St.
- South Henderson 1 – H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library – 205 Breckenridge St.
- East Henderson 1 – Henderson Middle School – 219 Charles St.
- West Henderson (WH1 & WH2) – Central Fire Station – 211 Dabney Dr.
- Northern Vance (EH2 & NH2) – Northern Vance High School – 293 Warrenton Rd
- South Henderson 2 – L.B. Yancey Elementary School – 311 Hawkins Dr.
- Hilltop – St. James Baptist Church – 3005 Hwy. 158 Business
- Kittrell – Kittrell Fire Station – 54 W. Main St.
- Middleburg – E.O. Young Elementary School – US 1 North
- Sandy Creek – Aycock Recreation Center – 307 Carey Chapel Rd
- Community College (Dabney & Watkins) – Vance-Granville Community College – 200 Community College Rd
- New Hope (Townsville & Williamsboro) – New Hope Elementary School – 10199 NC Hwy 39 N
