Primary election day has arrived
Today Cleveland County voters will decide which candidates will face off on Election Day, and whether businesses can sell beer and wine countywide.
While voters will have 13 hours to make their way to the polls, just 2,669 out of more than 66,000 registered voters cast their ballots during early voting.
Booze on the ballot
Last fall, Cleveland County commissioners voted unanimously to put countywide beer and wine sales on the ballot during the primary election.
Beer and unfortified wine sales have been approved by voters in Boiling Springs, Casar, Fallston, Grover, Kings Mountain, Kingstown, Lawndale, Patterson Springs, Polkville, Shelby and Waco. But businesses operating outside of those areas have not had those opportunities, but that could change with the vote.
Open seats
The following is a list of seats coming available and the length of terms:
U.S. 13th Congressional District, two years
District Court Judge 27B, four years
District Attorney 39th District, four years
N.C. Senate 44th District, two years
N.C. House 110th District, two years
N.C. House 111th District, two years
Clerk of Superior, four years
Court Cleveland County Sheriff, four years
Board of Commissioners, four years
Board of Education, four years
Kings Mountain Council Ward 2, four years
Kings Mountain Council Ward 3, four years
Kings Mountain Council At-Large, four years
Separate dates
Filing for Soil & Water will be from noon June 13, to noon July 1. Those offices are for four-year terms and are currently being held by Roger Eaker and Sherry Greene.
Time to vote
All 21 Cleveland County precincts will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Election Day will be Nov. 8.
Election results will be online Tuesday night at shelbystar.com and in Thursday's print edition.
This article originally appeared on The Shelby Star: Primary election day has arrived in Cleveland County
