Early voting for the special primary on Tuesday, June 7 ends Saturday, June 4 at 1 p.m.

Polls are open Tuesday, June 7 at all seven Polk County precincts from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

The special primary has two ballots, one for Republicans and one for non-partisan.

The races on the special primary include for the U.S. House of Representatives District 10 for Republicans and for the N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice, which is non-partisan.

Early voting began on May 26 and concludes Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Polk County Board of Elections in Columbus.

The Republican ballot includes both races, with the U.S. House of Representative District 10 candidates of Patrick McHenry, Albert Lee Wiley Jr., Jeffrey Baker and Jeff Gregory.

The Republican ballot will also include the N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice race with another ballot for just the N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice race, which includes candidates Michael R. (Mike) Morgan, Daniel Robertson, Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds and Sabra Jean Faires.

The winner of the U.S. House of Representative District 10 Republican primary will face Polk County resident Andy Millard (D) in the general election on Nov. 8. Millard ran unopposed as a Democrat for the 10^th congressional district. McHenry is the incumbent running for re-election.

The new primary was necessary after new congressional districts were drawn right before the regular primary held in March.

A three-judge federal court panel in February overturned the current maps after a group of voters and advocacy groups sued the state claiming lawmakers had unconstitutionally packed too many black voters in the state’s first and 12^th districts.

The new primary for the race was decided on by N.C. Legislation because there wasn’t enough time to hold a new congressional candidate filing period and print the new ballots by the March 15 primary.

Polk County is part of the 10^th congressional district, which didn’t change significantly in the state’s new maps. All of Polk County is still included in the state’s 10^th district.

District 10 includes Polk, Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln Catawba counties and about a third of Buncombe County, including the City of Asheville.