Since December, 20 Republican voters in Halifax County have switched their party affiliation to either Democrat or unaffiliated to be eligible to vote in the May 6 Democratic Primary, which features several hotly contested races.
A board of elections meeting planned today to allow James Mills to protest the results of the November 5 municipal election was postponed and will be held next Tuesday.
The Halifax County Board of Elections will give James Mills, who lost to incumbent Leonard Bunting in the Scotland Neck mayoral race, a chance to formally prove his opponent violated buffer zones regulations.
James Mills, who was defeated in the November 5 Scotland Neck mayoral race by incumbent Leonard Bunting, is protesting the outcome of that race.
Thomas McDonald is a one-vote leader over Patrick Qualls in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District board of education race following a review of provisional ballots today.
It is still too early to determine what will happen if a count Friday of 48 provisional ballots will break a tie for the third seat on the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Education.