Voting to begin
By Steve Herring
Published in News on October 20, 2015 1:46 PM
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Elections technician Shaney Bowld prepares the voting polling stations for the upcoming early voting, which will open Thursday at the Board of Elections.
One-stop early voting ahead of the Nov. 3 municipal and sanitary district elections starts Thursday, Oct. 22, and continues through Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Wayne County Board of Elections office, 209 S. William St.
Eligible individuals may register and vote during one-stop voting period.
One-stop voting hours will be Thursday and Friday, Oct. 22 and 23, and Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and Saturday, Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3.
In some municipal and sanitary district races not as many candidates filed as there are seats up for election. Those empty seats traditionally have been filled by write-in votes.
GOLDSBORO
Mayor: Chuck Allen, Myelle Thompson and D.A. Stuart (write-in candidate)
District 1: Michael Headen (incumbent) and Antonio M. Williams
District 2: Bill Broadaway (incumbent) and Troy Mitchell
District 3: William Goodman (incumbent, write-in candidate) Mark A. Stevens and (Van) Arthur Anderson
District 4: Charles J. Williams (incumbent) and Bevan J. Foster
District 5: David Ham
District 6: Gene Aycock (incumbent) and Linda Harper
MOUNT OLIVE
Mayor: Ray McDonald Sr. (incumbent)
At-large: Ray Thompson (incumbent) and Jerry L. Harper
District 1: Kenneth Kyle Talton (incumbent)
District 2: Harlie Jr. Carmichael and Danny King
District 3: Tom Preston (incumbent)
District 4: Joe Scott (incumbent)
EUREKA
No one filed for the three at-large board seats.
FREMONT
Mayor: W. Darron Flowers (incumbent) and Keith L. Spivey
District 1: Al Lewis (incumbent)
District 2: Leon Mooring (incumbent)
District 3: W.T. Smith (incumbent)
District 4: Harold Cuddington (incumbent) and Joyce Monica Artis
District 5: Joyce C. Reid (incumbent)
District 6: Annie Lewis (incumbent)
PIKEVILLE
Commissioner, three at-large seats: Charles Hooks III, Robert Hooks and Steve West (all incumbents)
Commissioner, two at-large unexpired terms: Lyman G. Galloway (incumbent)
SEVEN SPRINGS
Mayor: Stephen Potter
Commissioner, three at-large seats: Karla Griffin (incumbent)
WALNUT CREEK
Councilman, three at-large seats: Cyndi Fallin Dupuy, Danny Jackson (currently serving as mayor) and Greg Ricker (incumbent).
The sanitary district elections are:
Fork Township: Two at-large seats: Andy G. Hartley (incumbent), David Jackson (incumbent), Russell Lee Wiggins, Jane Lee Williford, Sherwood E. Daily and Beverly Perkins Keen
Northwestern Wayne: Five at-large seats: Walter Fred Bridgers, James S. Kirby, David Pittman and Danny Tillman (all incumbents)
Southern Wayne: Three at-large seats: Scott T. Ingram, Jesse Jernigan, Kevin Jones, Efton Sager and Marty Shaw (incumbent)
Southwestern Wayne: Five at-large seats: David A. Bennett, Jimmy B. Cox, Alan Lumpkin, Ruby Gail Minchew and Daryll E. Overton (all incumbents).