There will be no consolidated precincts in Halifax County for the November 3 municipal elections.
Roanoke Rapids voters, however, who traditionally voted at the Roanoke Rapids Public Library will be voting at the Neighborhood Resources Center on Jackson Street, county Board of Elections Director Kristin Scott said Tuesday.
John Grimes announced last week his intention to withdraw from the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Education race.
Roanoke Rapids will see two contested battles — one for the school board and one for city council.
The Halifax County Board of Elections is deliberating whether to consolidate three precincts and will hold a public hearing on the matter May 5.
With the exception of a 60-day audit, the 2014 election season is complete.
The recount requested by Edith Jenkins in the Weldon City Schools Board of Education race will be held Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
Edith Jenkins, who lost her bid for re-election in the Weldon City Schools Board of Education race by four votes, has requested a recount.
The canvass of the results in the Halifax County Board of Commissioners race were nearly suspended today after Commissioner Rives Manning, one of the winners in November 4 general election, protested discrepancies in the write-in results of two candidates whose names were not on the ballots.
Results of the November 4 general election became official today with the canvass of the ballots in Halifax.
The three members of the Halifax County Board of Elections will have pay back a total of $4,725 after commissioners deadlocked on forgiving what administration called an over-compensation in their stipends.
