The Lenoir County Board of Elections opened 4 early voting sites this week for the March 3, 2020 primary. Those sites are located at Teacher’s Memorial Gym, NC Cooperative Extension Office, Fairfield Rec Center and Ebenezer Church (La Grange). This is the first time that the new voting equipment called the DS200 has been placed into service in Lenoir County. The DS200 is an optical scanner which reads the voter’s marked ballot when inserted into the tabulator. Previously, Lenoir County had used a touch screen machine called an Ivotronic which stored votes on the machine. 

“We are pleased with the performance of the new voting equipment. Voters can be confident that the new paper ballot system is secure and that our poll workers are eagerly waiting for voters at any one of the four sites,” stated Courtney Patterson, Chair of the Lenoir County Board of Elections. 

Early voting continues through February 29. Primary Day is March 3, 2020. For a complete listing of dates and times for early voting, visit http://www.co.lenoir.nc.us/boe.html.