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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Officials Expect Primaries to Run Smoothly
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Assistant State & National Editor
Despite a lengthy court battle that
delayed the primaries in North Carolina
for more than four months, elections
officials expect the primaries to largely
remain the same.
Don Wright, general counsel for the
State Board of
Elections, said he
does not expect
turnout to
decrease because
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of confusion over the primary date.
In fact, Wright said there is a good
chance voter turnout will be higher than
usual as a result of the delay.
“There’s been more press coverage
of the September 10 primary date than
there was of the May 5 primary date,”
he said.
The number of ballots cast might
also increase because the board decid
ed to ease restrictions on absentee bal
lots. This year voters will not have to
provide specific reasons in order to vote
absentee.
Although eased restrictions and
increased publicity might beef up voter
turnout, Wright said controversy and
the popularity of the candidates ulti
mately decide the number of North
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Carolinians who turn out at the polls
during any given election.
“With turnouts in elections, the num
ber one thing is how intense or how
popular the lead race is - in this case,
the Senate race,” Wright said.
“It’s sort of like a show. Who are the
headliners? That’s what brings people
out to the polls.”
But student leaders say that even
during a major
election it is diffi
cult to get students
to cast a ballot in
the primaries.
The UNC-sys
tem Association of
Student
Governments is
hoping to capitalize
on the efforts of
other N.C. voter
“It’s sort of like a show.
Who are the headliners?
That’s what brings people
out to the polls. ”
Don Wright
Elections Board General Counsel
registration groups to get more students
to vote.
“They have the financial backing
and, more importandy, they have a plan
on how to recruit voters,” said Jonathan
Ducote, ASG p.esident. “They’ve been
working in this area for quite a while.”
Ducote said he hopes more student
participation in the election will focus
legislators’ attention on educational
issues but that “the biggest thing we’re
trying to do is just get people to vote.”
Although considerable controversy
surrounded the drawing of legislative
district lines to be used in the upcoming
elections, Wright said the State Board of
Elections is not worried about security
at polling places because it has never
been an issue.
Wright said security problems rarely
arise at polling places because people
tend to respect the
right to vote.
“The biggest
security problem
-and it’s really
not that big a
problem - is
bomb threats,” he
said.
“We get one or
two bomb threats
every year, but
that’s out of 2,800 North Carolina
precincts.”
Elections officials are more con
cerned about conducting a legitimate
election, not potential acts of violence,
he said. “You have a chief judge and two
precinct judges who are in charge of
order in each precinct,” he said.
Law enforcement officers are not
present at polling places because “offi
cers tend to carry guns and also because
there are many sheriff races going on,”
Wright added.
No additional security measures will
be taken.
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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By Elyse Ashbgrn
State & National Editor
Long-time education advocate and
Republican Teena Litde hopes to gain
the opportunity to champion her pet
cause as a state senator.
On July 19, exacdy a week after being
elected vice chairman of the UNC-sys
tem Board of Governors, Little filed to
run for the N.C. Senate.
Running in newly created District 22
- an open, one member district - Little
is confident she will return to the Senate
after an eight-year hiatus.
Little said she decided to run for a
Senate position because she got a taste
of serving in the N.C. Senate in 1994
and is eager to come back for more.
“I have served in the Senate before,”
Litde said. “I enjoyed serving and
thought I did a good job.”
Litde lost her Senate seat in 1996
when she placed third in the election for
a two-member district behind Democrats
Ellie Kinnaird and Howard Lee.
“I am a Republican, and traditionally
Republicans don’t do well in Orange
County,” Litde said.
In addition to serving in the Senate,
Litde -a retired teacher - has sat on a
myriad of educational boards, including
the BOG, the N.C. State Board of
Education and the Moore County Board
of Education.
“I’ve always
been very interest
ed in education,”
she said.
“Education is a
very big part of
my life.”
Although Litde
can not serve as
both a member of
the BOG and a
state senator, she
said education will
remain one of her
top priorities if
elected. Other key
BOG Vice
Chairwoman
Teena Little
would have to resign
from the board if sne
wins the seat.
issues she said she hopes to address are
the dismal condition of the state’s econ
omy and the state’s budget woes.
Little said that many North
Carolinians, especially in her district -
which encompasses Moore, Lee and
part of Harnett counties - are without
jobs and that citizens must be provided
an opportunity to work in order for the
state to escape a recurring deficit.
“If people do not have jobs, they are
not creating revenue,” she said.
Litde said she likes the idea of serving
in a single-member district because she
expects she would be able to have more
face time with her constituents if elected.
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the people better and to do a better job
for diem,” she said. “Politics is local.”
Litde’s district was carved out of for
mer District 16 as a result of an N.C.
Supreme Court decision upholding a
Superior Court ruling that states that
multi-member districts are in violation
of North Carolina’s constitution.
With the authority of the higher court’s
ruling, N.C. Superior Court Judge Knox
Jenkins redrew die state legislative districts
himself after the N.C. General Assembly
failed to draw satisfactory district lines.
Jenkins placed multi-member districts like
the old District 16 on the chopping block.
Harris Blake, a Senate candidate
whom Litde will face in the Republican
primary, also lauded the benefits of sin
gle-member districts.
“Geographically, this district is do
able," he said. “(Constituents) will know
exacdy who their senator is in Raleigh.”
Blake said that to date the race has
been pretty low-key.
“So far, there hasn’t been any head
to-head competition,” he said.
In addition to Litde and Blake,
Republicans Bobby Ray Hall and Tim
McNeill and Democrats Wanda Hunt
and Jimmy Love are vying for the
District 22 senate seat.
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.