One-stop early voting begins Thurssday

One-stop early voting is slated to begin on Thursday, Feb. 15 with hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Yadkin County Board of Elections office, located at 1300 Unifi Industrial Rd., Yadkinville. Early voting will be available Feb. 15 -17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 19-24 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 26 through March 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Election day is March 5 with poll hours from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Voters will need to show photo ID this year when voting.

Several precincts will have a new polling place this year on election day. Those are as follows:

• Boonville: Boonville Baptist Church Family Life Center

• North Fall Creek: Fall Creek Fire Department

• North Liberty: Yadkin County Board of Elections Office

• South Liberty: Deep Creek Community Development and Improvement Assoc.

If you have a question about where your polling place is located, please call the Yadkin County Board of Elections at 336-849-7907.

In Yadkin County there are multiple candidates running for local seats on both the county board and school board.

For the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners there are three seats up for election. Incumbents Kevin Austin and David Moxley will be on the ballot, joined by Tim Parks, James Kent and Jay Martin.

The 2024 primary will serve as the election for Board of Education members who will take office ahead of the start of the 2024-25 school year. There are four seats up for election in the non-partisan school board race. School Board incumbent Sharon Yale is on the ballot as are Tommie Haynes Paul, Sharon Abercrombie, Sarah Gough Boles, Barry Cole, Cody Spicer, Kenny Gooden, and Douglas A. McCraw.