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Yadkin County residents will join other North Carolinians on Tuesday, May 8 in heading to the polls to choose their party’s nominee.

Lines will form at the polls to decide what candidates will be on the ballot come this November.

Yadkin County will have 12 precincts where voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballots. Voters can visit yadkincountync.gov and go to Board of Elections under departments to learn where their designated voting precinct is.

Polling stations will be open to voters from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on election day. Curbside voting will be available the entire time the polls are open.

Below is a list of the candidates’ names that will appear on the ballots on May 8:

Local elections:

Yadkin County Board of Education (voters may choose four, this is a non-partisan election)

Lynn Allred

Rex (Buck) Baity

Hazel N. Brown

Joe Dezern

Jennifer Spaulding Hemric

Larry Worth Vestal

Darrell Keith Wooten

Sharon Yale

Voters also have the option to write in up to four candidates on their ballots.

State level elections:

North Carolina Governor (voters may choose one)

Bruce Blackmon, Democrat

Walter H. Dalton, Democrat

Gary M. Dunn, Democrat

Bob Etheridge, Democrat

Bill Faison, Democrat

Jim Harney, Republican

Gardenia M. Henley, Democrat

Scott A. Jones, Republican

Jim Mahan, Republican

Pat McCrory, Republican

Charles Kenneth Moss, Republican

Paul Wright, Republican

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor (voters many choose one)

Linda D. Coleman, Democrat

Dale Folwell, Republican

Dan Forest, Republican

Tony Gurley, Republican

Eric L. Mansfield, Democrat

Grey Mills, Republican

Arthur Jason Rich, Republican

North Carolina House of Representatives District 73 (voters may choose one)

Mark W. Hollo, Republican

Darrell G. McCormick, Republican

North Carolina Secretary of State (voters may choose one)

Michael (Mike) Beitler, republican

A.J. Daoud, Republican

Kenn Gardner, Republican

Ed Goodwin, Republican

North Carolina Treasurer (voters may choose one)

Rom Elmer, Democrat

Janet Cowell, Democrat

Frank Roche, Republican

Steve Royal, Republican

North Carolina Auditor (voters may choose one)

Joseph Hank DeBragga, Republican

Greg Dority, Republican

Debra Goldman, Republican

Fern Shubert, Republican

Rudy Wright, Republican

North Carolina Commissioner of Labor (voters may choose one)

John C. Brooks, Democrat

Marlowe Foster, Democrat

Ty Richardson, Democrat

North Commissioner of Agriculture (voters may choose one)

Scott Bryant, Democrat

Bill McManus, Republican

Walter Smith, Democrat

Steve Troxler, Republican

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance (voters may choose one)

Mike Causey, Republican

James McCall, Republican

Richard Morgan, Republican

North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction (voters may choose one)

Richard Alexander, Republican

Mark Crawford, Republican

Ray Ernest Martin, Republican

David Scholl, Republican

John Tedesco, Republican

Congressional level elections:

United States House of Representatives Distric 5 (voters may choose one)

Elisabeth Motsinger, Democrat

Bruce G. Peller, Democrat

United States President:

Roger Gary, Libertarian

Newt Gingrich, Republican

R.J. Harris, Libertarian

Gary Johnson, Libertarian

Barack Obama, Democrat

Ron Paul, Libertarian

Carl Person, Republican

Mitt Romney, Republican

Rick Santorum, Republican

Bill Still, Libertarian

Lee Wrights, Libertarian

Voters will also be given the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment known as amendment one. The amendment will appear as follows:

“Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.”

Voters are given the option to vote for or against.

Reach Lindsay Craven at 679-2341 or at lcraven@heartlandpublications.com.