Pittsboro, NC – Early voting has been going on in Chatham County since April 19. Early voting will end on Saturday, May 5 at 2 pm. As of Thursday, May 3, 3,989 Chatham County voters have cast their vote. Primary election day will take place on Tuesday, May 8. Chatham County polling places will be open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm.
2,618 Democrats and 1,371 Unaffiliated voters have cast votes.
2,233 women and 1,693 men cast votes. The largest group of voters ranged in age from 67 to 71 years old.
Approximately 2,400 early voters come from the Pittsboro and northeast Chatham election precincts
The majority of early election votes have been cast at the Board of Elections location in Pittsboro.
3,326 white voters and 500 black voters have cast their early election ballots
Graphs courtesy of ncvotetracker.com, a project of the Civitas Institute.
Early voting locations in Chatham County include:
- Board of Elections Office (Pittsboro)
- Northeast District Park (North Chatham
- Earl B. Fitts Community Center (Siler City)
- Goldston Town Hall (Goldston)
For several offices up for election, Chatham County either have just one Republican candidate or no Republican candidate at all. This means that Chatham County will not have a Republican Primary for the contests listed below for the Primary Election on May 8, 2018 Therefore, registered Republicans will NOT cast a ballot for these contests until the General Election on November 6, 2018
Only one Republican candidate filed for each of the following offices:
• US Congress District 6
• NC Senate District 23
• NC House 54
• County Commissioner District 3
• County Commissioner District 4
• County Commissioner District 5
No Republican candidates filed for the following offices:
• District Attorney District 18
• Sheriff
• Clerk of Court
No Libertarians candidates filed for office during the filing period; therefore, Chatham County does not have a Libertarian Primary.