Early voting for city races to open
By From staff reports
Published in News on September 20, 2015 1:50 AM
One-stop early voting for the Oct. 6 Goldsboro municipal primary gets under way this coming Thursday and continues through Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Wayne County Board of Elections office, 209 S. William St.
The days and hours are: Thursday, Sept. 24, and Friday, Sept. 25 and Monday, Sept. 28 through Friday, Oct. 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Absentee voting by mail began on Sept. 6 and ends at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5.
Requests for an absentee ballot must be made in writing and received in the Wayne County Board of Elections office by 5 p.m. Sept. 29.
There are only two races on the primary ballot.
There are four candidates in the mayor's race and three in the District 4 City Council race.
Voters will select their top two choices in each race and the winners will face off in the Nov. 3 municipal election.
Candidates in the mayor's race are Chuck Allen, who currently represents District 5 and serves as mayor pro-tem; Henry Jinnette; D.A. Stuart; and Myelle Thompson.
Candidates in the District 4 council race are incumbent Charles Williams and Tondalayo Clark and Bevan J. Foster.
Polls will be open on Oct. 6 from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. in the following precincts:
* 5 - Belfast Fire Station
* 6 - Saulston United Methodist Church
* 7 - New Hope Fire Station
* 9 - Westwood United Methodist Church
* 10 - Eastern Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
* 11 - Greenleaf Christian Church
* 12 - Adamsville Baptist Church
* 13 - Family of Faith Community Church
* 14 - New Hope Friends Church
* 17 - Wayne Center
* 18 - WAGES building
* 19 - First African Baptist Church - B
* 20 - First African Baptist Church - A
* 21 - St. Luke United Methodist Church
* 22 - Faith Alliance Church
* 23 - The Hydrant Wesleyan Church
* 29 - Wayne County Public Library.