Early turnout is high for bond vote

Filing for local political office will end on Friday, Feb. 29 at noon and interest is running high for the March 11 school bond referendum, according to Alleghany County Board of Elections Director Kate Cosner. The county has two elections being planned simultaneously, with the school bond referendum election set for March 11 and a primary election planned for May 6.

Seats open in the 2008 election include two county commissioner seats, the register of deeds, two school board seats, the N.C. House District 90 seat and the N.C. Senate District 30 post.

Turnout for One Stop voting for the March 11 school bond referendum was under way Tuesday and it has been very heavy, said Cosner. "As of 2:45 on Tuesday, we've had 438 who have voted One Stop," she said. One Stop voting will continue through Saturday, March 8 at 1 p.m. The election will be held on March 11 countywide.

Only those who already are registered to vote may vote on March 11. However, those not registered may now do so and then immediately vote One Stop. "We've had 19 people who've come in to register and vote One Stop," Cosner said. "Interest is really high in the school bond referendum."

May Primary Filing

As for the May primary, all local races had fielded at least enough candidates to fill the available seats as of Tuesday evening.

 

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