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Early in-person voting started connected Thursday crossed North Carolina for adjacent month's runoff elections, including 1 legislature and 2 statewide superior contests.
Voters are choosing this fall's Republican nominees for lieutenant governor, authorities auditor and nan 13th Congressional District seat. These May 14 runoffs, besides known arsenic "second primaries," occurred because nan campaigner pinch nan astir votes successful nan March 5 primaries for these races grounded to person much than 30% of nan vote. The second-place campaigner had to formally inquire for a runoff.
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The lieutenant governor's GOP runoff is betwixt Hal Weatherman and Jim O’Neill, while nan information for authorities auditor is betwixt Jack Clark and Dave Boliek. Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott are seeking nan 13th District nomination. The winners will look Democratic rivals — and successful immoderate cases Libertarian Party candidates — successful nan fall.
The North Carolina authorities Capitol is photographed successful Raleigh, North Carolina. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)
These GOP superior runoffs are unfastened to each registered Republicans successful nan state, aliases successful nan lawsuit of nan legislature race, registered Republicans wrong nan 13th District. Unaffiliated voters who either didn’t ballot aliases voted Republican successful nan March primaries besides tin participate, nan State Board of Elections said successful a news release.
Early voting successful each 100 counties continues done May 11. Generally, astir counties person conscionable 1 early-vote tract for nan runoffs.
A GOP superior runoff is besides being conducted for a Gaston County commissioner's seat. And there's a title to capable a spot connected nan nonpartisan Orange County Board of Education that had different runoff rules.
Same-day registration is unavailable during early voting because nan registration of caller voters is not permitted betwixt nan first and 2nd primaries. But group who go eligible to ballot during nan 2 primaries tin some registry and ballot connected May 14, nan authorities committee said.
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Traditional mail-in absentee voting for nan runoffs began successful precocious March erstwhile region boards started sending ballots to those who requested them.
