Board of Elections announces schedule
By From staff reports
Published in News on August 17, 2016 1:46 PM
The Wayne County Board of Elections Tuesday announced an extended one-stop early voting schedule for the Nov. 8 general election.
The board revisited the schedule in light of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the state's 2013 voter ID is unconstitutional.
The ruling reverts to the previous state voting law that allows for 17 days of one-stop early voting. The first one-stop plan, submitted last month for approval by the state Board of Elections, set one-stop voting from Oct. 25 through Nov. 5. Under the revised plan the board left the times and dates the same for five of the six one-stop locations in the county, but increased the days for the location at the Wayne County Board of Elections office, 209 S. William St.
The schedule there will be Thursday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Nov. 5.
The dates and times will be:
* Oct. 20, 21, 24 to 28, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 to 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* Oct. 22 and 29, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
* Oct. 23 and Oct. 30, noon to 4 p.m.
* Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The other locations are: Goldsboro Worship Center, 900 W. New Hope Road; Little River Shopping Center, 1310 W. Grantham St.; New Hope Friends Church, 4451 U.S. 70 East; Mount Olive train depot, 110 W. Main St., Mount Olive; and Fremont Town Hall, 120 E. Main St., Fremont.
The dates and times are for those locations are:
* Oct. 27, 28 and 31 and Nov. 1 through Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
* Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
* Oct. 30 from noon to 4 p.m.
* Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Another result of the court ruling is that voters will not be asked to show photo identification during the election. Also, same-day registration will be available at the one-stop locations. The schedule has to be approved by the N.C. Board of Elections. For additional information visit the Wayne County Board of Elections website, www.waynevotes.com.