Voters in Fayetteville and across NC to make choices in Tuesday’s primary election – The Fayetteville Observer

The polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Cumberland County voters have plenty of candidates to consider as they go to the polls in Tuesdays primary.

All five of the political parties recognized by the state have candidates on the ballot. Voters will select the parties nominees for the general election in November.

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After the polls close at 7:30 p.m., candidates, campaign workers, the news media and anyone else interested traditionally gather at the Crown Complex Ballroom at the Crown Coliseum to watch the results come in. The tallies will be projected on large viewing screens around the ballroom.

The atmosphere typically is a mix of festive and tension-filled as the numbers are reported and people see whether their candidates won or lost.

The Crown ballroom will open at 7 p.m. The Crown is at 1960 Coliseum Drive, and public parking will be in the West VIP parking lot, a county news release said.

Common questions and answers include:

What sort of photo ID is required?

Photo ID is not required in this election.

When and where do I vote?

The polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. at dozens of locations across Cumberland County and 2,700 across the state.

Voters can find their polling site by looking up their address at the State Board of Elections Offices website at vt.ncsbe.gov/PPLkup or by calling the Cumberland Board of Elections Office at 910-678-7733.

Who is on the ballot?

The primary ballots in Cumberland County include candidates for District Court judge, county commissioner, the state legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, state attorney general, other members of the Council of State, the U.S. Senate, and president.

I voted early, and since then, my candidate has dropped out of the election. May I vote again to pick someone else?

No. Voters who have already voted by absentee ballot or by in-person early voting may not vote again.

A candidate I like is not in my political party. Can I vote for that candidate?

This is a partisan primary, so Republicans are allowed to vote only for Republicans, Democrats only for Democrats, Libertarians only for Libertarians, Green Party members only for the Green Party, and Constitution Party members only for the Constitution Party.

If you dont belong to a political party (if you are officially an unaffiliated voter), you may choose to vote in Democratic, Republican or Libertarian primaries. However, unaffiliated voters are not allowed to vote in the Constitution Party or Green Party primaries because those parties chose to keep their primaries closed to outsiders.

Staff writer Paul Woolverton can be reached at pwoolverton@fayobserver.com and 910-486-3512.

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