The biggest elections in the Triad set for this year, for mayor and city council in Greensboro, have been postponed until next year. But there are still plenty of local races on ballots across the region for the Nov. 2 election.
Some elections planned for this year have been postponed to next year because of redistricting. Every 10 years, towns and cities that elect local leaders by district have to redraw their maps after the Census Bureau releases new population numbers. But the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the count and the numbers came out much later than expected.
Statewide, there are more than 930 local elections scheduled for Nov. 2, many with early voting. More than 200 have been postponed to 2022.
Early voting for local races runs until Oct. 30.
There are dozens of mayoral races on the ballot on Nov. 2 for smaller cities and towns around the region, including Burlington, Kernersville, Wilkesboro, Asheboro and others.
Here are the elections on the ballot this year for North Carolina’s Triad-area counties and information on how to vote in each county:
Guilford
The Greensboro mayoral and city council elections have been delayed until next year, but voters will still go to the polls for 17 other municipal elections. There are elections for mayor and council seats Nov. 2 in Kernersville, Jamestown and other towns.
Guilford County has four early voting sites available. Get more information on voting from the Guilford County Board of Elections.
Forsyth
There are a dozen local elections in Forsyth County on Nov. 2, including in Kernersville, which is in both Forsyth and Guilford counties, and in Clemmons. One-stop early voting is available at the Forsyth County Government Center at 201 N. Chestnut Street in Winston-Salem.
For more details on voting, see the Forsyth County Board of Elections.
Alamance
Voters in Burlington, Elon, Graham and other towns will be going to the polls for mayoral and council or Aldermen elections Nov. 2. The county does have early voting available at the County Office Annex in Graham.
Get more details on voting from the Alamance County Board of Elections.
Randolph
The Nov. 2 election is a busy one for Randolph County, with 20 municipal races, including mayor, school board and city council seats in Asheboro. Randleman, Thomasville, Trinity and other towns in the county also have elections.
Early voting is available at the county elections board at 1457 N. Fayetteville St. in Asheboro. For more details on voting, see the Randolph County Board of Elections.
Rockingham
There are 12 local elections on Nov. 2 in Rockingham County, including council and mayoral contests in Reidsville and Eden. Early voting is available at the Board of Elections at 240 Cherokee Camp Rd. in Reidsville.
For more information on voting, see the Rockingham County Board of Elections.
Surry
There are no elections this fall in Surry County. The Mount Airy commissioner and mayoral races have been postponed until 2022.
Wilkes
There are three elections in Wilkes County Nov. 2, for mayor and board of commissioners in North Wilkesboro and town council in Wilkesboro. Early voting is available at the Wilkes County Board of Elections in the County Office Building at 110 North St. in Wilkesboro.
For more details on voting, see the Wilkes County Board of Elections.