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Local faith leaders and voters urge Rockingham elections board to keep Zion Baptist as polling site
Summary
At the June 17 Rockingham County Board of Elections meeting, local pastors and voters urged the board not to move the Moss Street (Mall Street) precinct from Zion Baptist Church, saying the church has been a long-standing, safe polling place and that an isolated nearby incident does not justify relocating the precinct.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Local faith leaders and voters called on the Rockingham County Board of Elections on June 17 to keep the Moss Street precinct at Zion Baptist Church after allegations surfaced that the site was unsafe.
The appeals came during the board's public comment period, when several speakers described Zion Baptist Church as a long-standing community polling place and questioned motives behind a request to relocate the precinct.
Reverend Marcus Fairley, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, said Zion opened its Family Life Center for voting “so that citizens of this county could come in and cast their ballot.” He told the board the facility has hosted voting for more than 20 days during recent election cycles and that he saw…
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