Election Day: Scenes from Wilson County primary voting
Posted on May 19, 2022
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election Judge John Barnes waits for voters beside the tabulating machine Tuesday at the Reid Street Community Center, the polling place for Wilson Precinct R.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Elaine Harrison, left, helps voter Portia Hardison with curbside voting Tuesday at the Wilson Precinct J polling place, the Wilson County Rescue Squad.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Brenda Wilson places a sign warning campaigners not to encroach too close to the Wilson M precinct polling place at Wells Elementary School.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Joyce Johnson waits for voters Tuesday at the Laddie T. Bell Community Center, the polling place for Wilson Precinct B.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Wilson City Councilman Logan Liles, left, and Wilson County Board of Education Vice Chairman Henry Mercer sit on the back of a pickup truck Tuesday outside the Wilson County Rescue Squad, the polling place for Wilson Precinct J.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Barbara Poole, left, points voter Charles Wairia to the vote tabulating machine at the Precinct J polling place, the Wilson County Rescue Squad.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Kenisha Bellamy carries signs welcoming voters to the polls just prior to the 6:30 a.m. start of voting Tuesday at Wells Elementary School, the Wilson Precinct M polling place.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Kenisha Bellamy carries signs welcoming voters to the polls just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at Wells Elementary School, the polling place for Wilson Precinct M.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election Judge John Barnes waits for voters beside the tabulating machine Tuesday at the Reid Street Community Center, the polling place for Wilson Precinct R.
Drew C. Wilson | Times
Election official Elaine Harrison, left, helps voter Portia Hardison with curbside voting Tuesday at the Wilson Precinct J polling place, the Wilson County Rescue Squad.
Nearly one in five registered Wilson County voters participated in Tuesday’s primaries and Wilson City Council elections, according to unofficial results.
Preliminary vote totals from the county Board of Elections show 9,734 of 54,814 voters cast a ballot in the contest, a 17.76% turnout. That’s slightly below the 20.45% participation Wilson County saw for primary contests in the 2018 midterms. The 2022 figures could fluctuate slightly when the elections board certifies its results following a post-election canvass.
While voters made their choices Tuesday, Wilson Times journalist Drew C. Wilson visited several polling places and documented the exercise in local democracy in the images shown above.
WINNERS AND LOSERS
To read coverage of Tuesday’s election results, click on the bolded hyperlinks below. Each link should open a new browser window or tab.
• Don Davis, Sandy Smith prevail in US House primaries
• Fitch, Newton win NC Senate primaries
• Incumbents retain Wilson City Council seats
• Stroud holds off Freshwater-Smith in Court of Appeals primary
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