In addition to the protest filed by state Representative Michael Wray, three other candidates in Halifax County filed them as well.

Two of the protests came from county board of education members Tyus Few and James Mills, who lost their seats in the March 5 primary and one from Ophelia Gould-Faison who lost to Jimmie Silver in the race for Carolyn Johnson’s District 1 board of commissioners seat.

Gould-Faison in her protest said that at the Ringwood Precinct during early voting and on Election Day a poll observer was actively campaigning and distributing materials for opposition candidates. Wray also made the same complaint.

(The Halifax County Board of Elections will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. to conduct preliminary consideration on the four election protests that were filed earlier today. A location has not been set yet)

 She identified the Halifax County Democratic Party poll observer as Wendell Hedgepeth, who is also the chair of the Ringwood precinct.

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She listed two witnesses to the activity in her protest and is requesting that the irregularities be investigated and that the integrity of the voting process be restored.

She had no comment following the announcement of the protests by Halifax County Elections Supervisor Kristin Scott.

Few, who is chair of the school board, and Mills also made the same complaint as Gould-Faison but expanded in their protests that Hedgepeth told voters a blue sample ballot endorsing them as well as Wray was illegal and instead instructed voters to elect candidates from a white sample ballot.

They request that any irregularities be investigated. 

“We just want a fair, clean election,” MIlls said. “That’s all we’re asking for is an election that has integrity. We want to make sure everything is on the up and up the way it’s supposed to be. I think that our fore parents fought too hard for the right to vote for us to accept anything less than a fair election.”