NEWS

 

Mecklenburg County Board of Elections data reflects that Davidson had 13,030 registered voters as of November 30, 2023. Of those voters, 5745 are unaffiliated, 3975 are registered Democrats, 3235 are registered Republicans, and 75 are registered Libertarians.

Per North Carolina election law, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican voters will have specific ballots in the primary election. Davidson’s 5745 unaffiliated voters will be able to select one of those three ballots when they cast their primary votes. Those sample ballots can be previewed here.

Early voting for the primary begins February 15, and runs through March 2. Davidson Town Hall and Community Center (251 South Street) serves as an Early Voting site. Dates and times are as follows:

• Thursday, Feb. 15                    8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 16                         8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 19                      8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 20                     8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21                8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 22                    8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 23                         8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 24                     8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 25                       1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Monday, Feb. 26                       8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Feb. 27                      8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 28                 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 29                     8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, March 1                         8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 1                     8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 

During Early Voting, Mecklenburg County voters can vote at any of the sites county wide. On Primary Day, March 5, voters are required to vote at their designated precinct polling location. Davidson’s precinct 127 voters’ polling location is Hopewell Baptist Church, while precinct 206 voters’ polling location is the Town Hall and Community Center.

According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections website, the winners of primary election process will be determined as follows:

“Candidates who win in each contest on their party’s ballot will become their party’s nominees. The nominee will appear on the ballot in the general election contest. To become the party’s nominee, the candidate must win by at least 30% of the vote plus one. For multi-seat primary contests (for example, at-large county commissioners), primary candidates win if they earn 30% of the total number of votes cast in the contest, divided by the number of nominations to be filled.

Second Primary?

If no candidate reaches the vote percentage necessary to become the nominee in a contest on the ballot, a runner-up can request a second primary to be held on May 14, 2024. Voters can revisit this page after the primary to see if any contests will have second primaries.”

News of Davidson sent an individual email to every primary candidate listed on Davidson’s three different ballots. The responses we received are included in individual articles dedicated to each primary race. Most notably, if a party candidate does not have opposition in the primary, we did not contact them now, but will do so in advance of the general election in November. We will continue to reach out to candidates who have not responded to seek their input. 

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