Runoff’s Advance voting starts June 8

There are no local races that will be decided in the June 16 Runoff Election but there are several Republican and Democratic runoffs.

Advance voting will be offered at the J. Joel Edwards Public Library (7077 Highway 19 in Zebulong) and starts Monday, June 8 and ends Friday, June 12 with voting allowed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each business day (not including Saturday since it is a runoff election). All voters need their photo ID when casting ballots.

On the June 16 General Primary Runoff Election Day, precincts will be open across Pike County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for voters to cast their ballots.

Republican ballots in Pike will include runoffs between Mike Collins and Derek Dooley for U.S. Senate; Rick Jackson and Burt Jones for Governor; Greg Dolezal and John F. Kennedy for Lt. Governor; Tim Fleming and Vernon Jones for Secretary of State; Fred ‘Bubba’ Longgrear and Richard Woods for State School Superintendent; and Bobby Mehan and Josh Tolbert for PSC District 5.

Democratic ballots in Pike will include runoffs between Josh McLaurin and Nabilah Parkes for Lt. Governor; Dana Barrett and Penny Brown Reynolds for Secretary of State; DeAndre Mathis and Keisha Sean Waites for Commissioner of Insurance; and Nikki Porcher and Michelle Michi Sanchez for Commissioner of Labor.