One Stop Voting Begins Thursday

One stop voting starts Thursday for the runoff election for the 11th Congressional seat between candidates Lynda Bennett and Madison Cawthorne. Registered Republicans and those registered unaffiliated who voted during the first primary may vote in the runoff.  The runoff was originally scheduled for May 12 and has been moved to June 23rd. One stop early voting starts Thursday and is from 8 am to 5 pm in Mitchell County and from 8:30 to 5:00 in Yancey County. Early voting is Monday thru Friday up until June 20 which is the final Saturday before the election. On that Saturday voting is from 8 to 3 in both counties.