2012 North Carolina primary election information
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, is primary election day in North Carolina. Tuesday, July 17, 2012, is second primary election day in North Carolina. The second primary is a runoff for one Democratic contest and four Republican contests.
Candidates and issues
This page contains links to the following files:
- North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment Fact Sheet (PDF format)
- Candidate comparison in 2012 NC primary election (HTML format)
- Candidate comparison in 2012 NC primary election (PDF format)
- Candidate comparison in North Carolina runoff (second primary) election (HTML format)
- Candidate comparison in North Carolina runoff (second primary) election (PDF format)
- Tedesco takes a stand for personhood, clarifies answers to Family Policy questionaire
- Five of eight North Carolina statewide runoff candidates support personhood amendment
- Personhood supporters win statewide NC GOP runoff races
First primary election
In the governor's race, American Right to Life (ARTL) has endorsed Paul Wright, a Tier 1 (personhood now) pro-lifer who, as stated at his campaign website, supports a personhood amendment to the state constitution and who answered yes to all seven questions in ARTL's 2012 Pro-life Candidate Survey.
Personhood is crucial in the battle for the right to life. As Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in Roe v. Wade, "If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."
For more information about the North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment, see www.voteformarriagenc.com.
Second primary election
The second primary election is a runoff election for one Democratic race and four Republican races.
Where and when to vote
The second primary election day is on Tuesday, July 17. Early voting begins on Thursday, June 28.
For information about times and locations for voting, see the website of the board of elections office in the county in which you live. For example, in Durham County, go to www.durhamcountync.gov/departments/elec. All voting places in Durham County are open from 6:30 AM until 7:30 PM on election day.