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et ee pT LY igi, NA ou itt eb fh ——_"h_"N I, cat aes a - — Rr ae ee ced Loe PB re TE BS SRL oe LA Fi ok HE * % 3 y 8 : The Kings Mountain Herald Page 3 3 sesassese ? .. “ee 4 : 5 ms ¥ ry election is Tuesday, May 6 3 would just like to avoid the they have no primary opposi- lot or you an vote the nonparti- would be declared the winner gstewart@kingsmountainherald.co crowds can still take part in tion. However, they will face san ballot.” and that votes in that race “early voting” through nominees from the opposing Sample ballots are available would not be counted. Most local races will not be Saturday. party in November. on the Board of Elections web- However, Hastings said he ) contested until the November Cleveland County Elections Still, Blanton predicts a high site at www.elections.cleveland- may appeal the ruling to the } General Election, but all signs Board Chairman Debra Blanton turnout of around 50 percent. county.com NC Court of Appeals. Ballots i point to a big turnout for the said early voting is available “We've had a fairly good Blanton said the results of have already been printed and Tuesday, May 6 Democratic and from 8 am.-6 p.m. Thursday absentee or early voting Tuesday's primaries will either his name will appear on it. i Republic Primaries. and Friday and from 8 am.-1 turnout, and that is kind of be on the Elections Board web- U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry of ) The Democratic race for p.m. Saturday at the Elections what Ibase my prediction on,” site or there will be a link there Cherryville also faces ¥ President is still up for grabs as Board in Shelby. In addition, a she said. “The State Board of to direct voters to another site. Republican primary opposition 1 the last candidates standing - satellite voting site is available Elections also anticipates a Several area residents will from Lance Sigmon. Barack Obama and Hillary in Boiling Springs from 9 a.m.- greater turnout than normal.” face primary opposition on Walter Dalton of Rutherford ) Clinton - seek the votes in 5:30 today and Friday and 9 Blanton said it’s important for Tuesday, and one race has been County stepped down after : i 6 ¥ | Ry Sr A Ae se Le North Carolina and Indiana that could put them over the top. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. in Cleveland County. Persons who for some reason can’t vote Tuesday or Democratic Primary President of U.S.: Hillary Clinton Mike Gravel Barack Obama No Preference US Senate: Kay Hagan Duskin C. Lassiter Jim Neal Howard Staley Marcia W. Williams US Congress District 10: Steve Ivester : Daniel Johnson Governor: Richard H. Moore Dennis Nielsen Bev Perdue Lieutenant Governor: Walter H. Dalton Hamton Dellinger Pat Smathers Dan Besse Auditor: Beth A. Wood Fred Aikens Commissioner of Insurance: Wayne Goodwin David C. Smith Commissioner of Labor Mary Fant Donnan Ty Richardson Robin Anderson John C. Brooks Supt. of Public Instruction: Eddie Davis June St. Clair Atkinson Treasurer Janet Cowell Michael Weisel David Young NC State Senate District 46 Phil D. Clark Keith H. Melton a.m.-1 p.m Saturday. Most local officials such as Cleveland County Commissioners, and some state legislators like Rep. Tim Moore of Kings Mountain, will not be on Tuesday’s ballot because Republican Primary President Mike Huckabee Alan Keyes John McCain Ron Paul No Preference US Senate Pete DiLauro Elizabeth Dole US Congress Patrick McHenry Lance Sigmon Governor Bill Graham Pat McCrory Robert E. (Bob) Orr E. Powers : Fred Smith Lieutenant Governor Timothy Cook Greg Dority Robert Pittenger Jim Snyder Supt. of Public Instruction: Joe Johnson Richard Morgan Eric H. Smith NC State House Dist. 110 Pearl Burris Floyd Kelly E. Hastings Nonpartisan Offices - Court of Appeals Judge Jewel Ann Farlow Dean R. Poirier James A. (Jim) Wynn Court of Appeals Judge Sam J. Ervin, IV Janet Pueschel Kristin Ruth John M. Tyson people to vote Tuesday and to also understand what a primary election is all about. It will decide the Democratic and Republican nominees for the General Election. “The primary election is the only time political affiliation is of importance,” she said. “North Carolina has what is called a closed primary, which means if you are a Democrat you have to vote the Democrat ballot. If you're a Republican you have to vote the Republican ballot. If you're unaffiliated you can choose either the Democratic or Republican bal- thrown out by the State Board of Elections. Republican Kelly E. Hastings of Cherryville, who was seeking the NC State House District 110 nomination, two weeks ago was ruled ineligible to run by a local panel of Cleveland and Gaston County elections board officials because he allegedly had not - established his current residen- cy within a year of the 2008 November election. 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