Mayor Emery Doughtie said this evening there appears to be no recourse for a one-stop voting site in the city leading up to the May 8 primary.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved the appointments of two Democrats and two Republicans to make up the Halifax County Board of Elections.
Despite efforts to find an alternate location to have an early voting site in the city, there will be no one-stop precinct in Roanoke Rapids this year.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has received several reports of campaign sign theft.
Incumbent county Commissioner Patrick Qualls released the following statement on his bid for re-election to the board:
Four challengers will square off against three incumbent Halifax County commissioners in the May 8 Democratic Primary.
A Henrico Republican will challenge the winner of the state House District 27 May 8 primary and a Roanoke Rapids GOP member will seek to take a seat away from one of the three winners of the Halifax County Board of Commissioners race.
Franklin Williams Jr. of Weldon filed to run against incumbent Michael Wray in North Carolina House of Representatives District 27 race.
O.D. Sykes withdrew his name from consideration for the North Carolina Senate District 4 seat and has filed to run for county commissioner.