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Today, Friday, February 7, 2020 is the regular voter registration deadline for the 2020 primary election and last chance to update party affiliation, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

The Board also stated during the early voting period (Feb. 13-29), voters may register to vote and update their address, but not their party.

Christopher L. Williams, Director of the Bladen County Board of Elections announced in January the Bladen County precinct names, locations and codes for the upcoming election to be held on March 3, 2020.

Voting Starts February 13, 2020 Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Voting Weekdays from 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Voting Ends February 29, 2020 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

No ID is required to vote in the North Carolina Primary Elections.

Download and print the voter registration form here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Voter_Registration/NCVoterRegForm_06W.pdf

Following is the Candidate List for the March 2020 election grouped by contest. *(i) means incumbent.

NC District Court Judge District 13, Seat 05 (Rep.) (Bladen County Seat)

Rep. Scott L. Ussery

Bladen County Board of Commissioners County-wide

Dem. Greg Taylor

Dem. G. Michale Cogdell (i)

Dem. Mark Gillespie

Dem. William H. Moore (Moore will be on the ballot, but has publically withdrawn from the race.)

Rep. David R. Gooden (i)

Rep. Ray Britt (i)

Bladen County Board of Commissioners District 01

Dem. Ophelia Munn-Goins (i)

Rep. Ricky L Price

Bladen County Board of Commissioners District 02

Rep. Daniel Ross Dowless (i)

Rep. Rodney Hester

Bladen County Board of Commissioners District 03

Dem. James G. (Jimmie) Smith

Dem. Steve Peterson

Rep. Ken Register, Jr.

Rep. Judy Bowen

Rep. Danny L Ellis II

Bladen County Board of Education District 01

Dem. Glenn C. McKoy

Bladen County Board of Education District 02

Dem. Berry Lewis

Rep. Tim Benton

Here is a PDF version of the information.

Many Bladen County residents are wondering who is going to run for the elected offices in the up-coming elections. Voters also want to know what candidates plan to accomplish if they are elected into office.

BladenOnline.com would like to help the candidates seeking office announce their platform to the public. We would also like to assist voters in making informed decisions.

Therefore our news media outlet is offering to publish anyone running for an elected office one (1) free article to include one (1) free photo to be published on BladenOnline.com’s news and politics pages. All articles and photos must be submitted together in one email with a contact phone number and address to gm@bladenonline.com. All photos and articles must be contributed by the candidate.

BladenOnline.com will not edit any photos or articles submitted. There will only be one submission allowed per candidate from December 2019 until March 3, 20120. The articles and photos submitted will be published in a timely manner, but there will be no guarantee on the time frame of publication. There will also be no guarantee on the amount of time the article appears on our news page.

There will be a drop down tap under our politics tab leading to a page featuring links to all articles and photos submitted until March 3, 2020. For more information please email gm@bladenonline.com.

Another avenue for candidates and voters to communicate about ideas and questions is to submit posts on our Guestbook page. Our Guestbook is an open, public, social forum allowing visitors to express themselves. Anyone may post a comment, question or information on our Guestbook page.