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The Forsyth County Board of Elections voted 2-1 Tuesday night to include Winston-Salem State University among sites for early voting, despite Republican objections.

The vote split along party lines, with the board’s sole Republican, Jonathan Dills, casting the dissenting vote. Dills said that because voting at WSSU had caused past controversy, the site should be moved.

Voting in favor of the eight early-voting sites were Democrats Linda Sutton, the board chairwoman, and Michael Flatow.

Because the local elections board made its decision on a split vote, the issue now goes to the state board of elections. However, that board, too, is dominated by Democrats.

Under state law, the party that holds the post of governor gets a majority on the state and local elections boards.

Nathan Tabor, the chairman of the local GOP, told the local elections board Tuesday that WSSU should not be an early-voting location because of political partisanship at the school.

Tabor said nearly everyone who votes at the school votes as a Democrat. He pointed to a 2010 email sent out by a staffer asking people to vote for Democrats. The university said the email was sent by mistake.

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Besides the presidential election this year, North Carolina in general, and Forsyth County in particular, will be holding many important elections. Redistricting has created vastly different NC House districts in Forsyth county that will assuredly lead to a different delegation next year, plus three very important County Commissioner seats are up. At the state level, Republicans seek to capitalize on Democrat Governor Beverly Perdue’s decision not to run for re-election, a victory in and of itself, by taking not just the Governor’s race, but many of the Council of State positions. And of course it is time to maintain control of the 5th district while continuing to make headway in the 12th.

If you are planning to run as a Republican for any seat in Forsyth County this year, we encourage you to contact Chairman Nathan Tabor so that you can get your message to Forsyth County Republicans. We also include the following two documents from the Bopard of Elections. Candidate filing begins February 13!

2012 Forsyth County Election Calendar (pdf)
2012 Forsyth County Filing Fee Schedule (pdf)

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