The North Carolina Board of Elections has approved requests for a second primary in two Federal races.

Hopefuls for the Democratic US Senate nomination and Republican Eighth Congressional District nomination failed to break the 40 percent mark needed to outright win a primary, according to Dell Parker, director of the Scotland County Board of Elections.

"In the US Senate race, Elaine Marshall only received 36.36 percent of the votes cast in the race," Parker said.

Cal Cunningham came in second, garnering 27.31 percent of the votes, she said.

"Since Elaine Marshall did not hit the 40 percent threshold mark, he had the right to request a second primary," she said.

In the Republican House race, Tim D'Annunzio led with 36.84 percent of the vote, followed by Harold Johnson, who took 33.06 percent of the vote.

Cunningham and Johnson each requested a run-off, which was granted by the state.

Marshall and Cunningham will appear on Democratic ballots on June 22 while D'Annunzio and Johnson will appear on Republican ballots.

The county saddles the cost of the second primary by state law, according to Parker.

There are a number of expenses that come with any election, including printing ballots, Parker said. The state requires that the county order a ballot for each registered voter, which is more than 22,000 for Scotland County.

The state board passed a resolution for the second primary, however, that reduced the number needed.

"Instead of us having to order 100 percent this time, we can order only 40 percent," Parker said.

She ordered 7,600 ballots for a cost of about 24 cents per ballot, or close to $2,000.

That's before having the machines coded to accept the ballots, or any other costs associated with holding an election.

"It is a pretty expensive deal for a second primary, especially when a lot of people decide not to vote," she said.

Only 130 Scotland County voters cast ballots in the 2008 second primary.

The second primary will be held on June 22. Scotland County's 10 polling places will open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

One-Stop Voting begins June 3 and ends June 19. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 19. One Stop Voting will be held in the Board of Elections Office, 231 East Cronly Street Suite 305, Laurinburg.

Only registered Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters that were eligible to vote in the May 4, 2010 Primary will be allow to vote in this Primary.

Absentee ballots are allowed. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made in writing. First day to request an absentee ballot for the Primary is Thursday and the last day to request an absentee ballot is June 14. Absentee ballot request must be received in the Scotland County Board of Elections office by 5 p.m. on June 21.

"If you are a registered unaffiliated voter and you voted in the first primary, you are eligible to vote in the second primary," Parker said.

Unaffiliated voters who voted in the Democratic or Republican primary may not change which party ballot they use, however.

"You don't have an option, you will have to vote that same ballot style in the second primary," she said. "If you are unaffiliated and did not vote in the first primary... you will have your choice of which primary to vote in.

There will also be no same day registration during early voting.

"During our one stop early voting, we had the same day voter registration," Parker said. "During a second primary, you can not register and vote on the same day. Our registration books are closed."