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Thanks for printing the information about the candidates for the Stanly County commissioner’s race. I hope you will do that for all races that are contested.

Voting in the primaries starts soon. I would like to stress how important it is to vote in the primary election, but please be knowledgeable about the candidates.

If you don’t vote in the primaries for your candidate, he/she may not be in the general election.

How many times in the past have we ended up without a good choice in the general election because the best candidate was not selected in the primaries?

Please vote in the primaries.

If you are registered as an independent/unaffiliated, you can pick one of the primaries and vote.

J. Wendell Drye
Albemarle