Wake Forest voters will elect three town commissioners Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the five-person Board of Commissioners. Those elected will serve four-year terms and be paid $515.85 each month, $6,190 annually.
The five people who filed during the filing period in July are Chad Casale Sr., Brian Clemson, incumbent Greg Harrington, Brian Pate, and incumbent Anne Reeve. You can learn more about the five at two events in October.
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Wake Forest will sponsor a candidates forum in the second-floor meeting room in Wake Forest Town Hall. It will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and is open to everyone. In the past these forums have also been televised live and repeated on Channel 10.
Two nights later, on Thursday, Oct. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m. a meet and greet will be held in the Knightdale Town Hall at 950 Steeple Square Court for the Wake Forest candidates and those from Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell and Zebulon.There will be voter registration available beginning at 6 p.m. that night. The sponsors are Delta Sigma Theta Sorority chapters, Wake League of Women Voters, WakeUP Wake County, and El Pueblo.
Make sure you are registered to vote in this important election; check your voter registration with the Board of Elections at www.wakegov.com. If you are not registered, the deadline to do so for the Nov. 3 election is Oct. 9.
Registration is easy. You can do it online at www.wakegov.com, or at any library, the Wake County Board of Elections office in Raleigh, any public high school or college admissions office, and at any state Department of Motor Vehicles office, any department of social services or public health, vocational rehabilitation office, services for the blind and the deaf and hard of hearing, mental health, or the Employment Security Commission.
There have been problems with different state offices not filing the registration forms so the safest way is either online or at the Board of Elections office.
While on line with the Board of Elections you can also check on voting absentee, where your polling place is and other election information.
There is no early voting for the Wake Forest election.
