LAURINBURG — Nearly 300 registered voters have cast a ballot over the first two days of Early One-Stop Voting at the Scotland County Board of Elections.

According to BOE Executive Director Dell Parker, 153 voters cast ballots on Thursday to bring the two-day total to 297 for the upcoming municipal election.

In a breakdown of those votes so far, 123 ballots have been cast in the city’s District 1 race, while 170 votes have been cast in the city’s District 2 race. Four voters have cast ballots in the Maxton race.

To date, of the 297 votes turned in:

— 178 have been Democrats

— 27 have been Republican

— 92 have been unaffiliated

— 130 have been black

— 147 have been white

— 12 have been American Indian

— 173 have been female

— 123 have been male

This year, One-Stop and absentee by mail are only available for Laurinburg and town of Maxton residents. Residents of East Laurinburg, Gibson and Wagram can only vote on Nov. 5.

One-Stop will run through until Nov. 1, Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the Scotland County Annex Building Conference Room.

The deadline to request absentee by mail will be on Oct. 29 by 5 p.m. The requests must be made on the state-approved form found in the Board of Elections office or on the county elections website. Absentee ballots must be returned to the Scotland County Board of Election Office no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 5 or postmarked by Nov. 5 and received in the Board of Elections office no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 8.

Precinct locations and closures for the Nov. 5 voting:

— Precinct 1: Scotland County Annex, 231 East Cronly Street, Laurinburg

— Precinct 2: The Learning Center, 420 Stewartsville Road, Laurinburg

— Precinct 3: Scotland Place, 1210 Turnpike Road, Laurinburg

— Precinct 4: South Fire Station, 1547 Hickory Street, Laurinburg

— Precinct 5: Johns Fire Station, voters will vote at Precinct 2

— Precinct 6: East Laurinburg Community Building, Third Street, East Laurinburg

— Precinct 7: Wagram Recreation Center, 24441 Marlboro Street, Wagram

— Precinct 8: Sneads Grove Community Building, voters will vote at Precinct 1

— Precinct 9: Laurel Hill Community Building will not be open

— Precinct 10: Gibson Fire Station, 6280 Gibson Road, Gibson

W. Curt Vincent can be reached at 910-506-3023 or [email protected].

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Over the first two days, 297 have cast their ballots

W. Curt Vincent

Staff writer