ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County swung to the right in the 2020 election with a majority of Republicans winning their respective races.
From Hamlet to Hoffman, Cordova to Norman, Richmond County voters made their way to the polls Tuesday for election day.
Campaign workers stood outside the voting locations with handouts to help voters decide which candidates to choose.
By 3 p.m. more than 600 voters had cast their ballots at both Marks Creek precincts in Hamlet.
Pam Hinson, chief Judge of Marks Creek No. 1, said that location had “busy spurts” throughout the day, with 257 people voting by 2:30 p.m., including five who had taken advantage of curbside voting.
A few blocks over at the Marks Creek No. 2 precinct, voters were slowly trickling in, with 360 voting by 2:45.
Sam Ballard, who has been a volunteer poll worker since 2002, helped voters insert their ballots into the machine to make sure they counted.
The non-partisan organization Democracy NC had volunteer “vote protectors” at both locations.
The N.C. State Board of Elections extended voting at locations in Sampson, Warren, Cabarrus and Guilford counties.
Because of that, results weren’t released until after 8:15 p.m.
According to the SBE, there were 7,359,935 eligible voters in North Carolina.
State records showed 3,620,355 had participated in one-stop early voting and 973,124 absentee ballots had been cast. As of 3:30 p.m., 126,600 absentee ballots were outstanding.
Records show 56% of Richmond County’s voters (16,463) cast their ballots before election day.
As the results started coming in, Republican candidates dominated their Democratic opponents in every race on the ballot.
Beaver Dam 1 was the last precinct to report.
Linda Douglas, who was unopposed, won her re-election for Register of Deeds.
All results are unofficial until canvassing.
