Martin Elementary School there were allegations about sister children were left on toilets knocked out of chairs left in dark rooms or closets to get them to swallow their food. The Clover School district ruled there was no mistreatment and what was witnessed were isolated teaching methods with no alice intended. In tonights Board Meeting the School District legal representation as well as superintendent are both going to be presenting a Powerpoint Presentation on some of the research they have been in the possibility putting cameras in sight of district classrooms. They say they have been researching it since the last Board Meeting and they will talk about the pros and cons of those classrooms and the superintendent tells me hes talked to district back of a bout what they would think of cameras were installed. Some of our teachers feel like its a school board were too mandated, it perhaps could show a lack of trust or confidence in what teachers do meetings are saying i am a professio
The president ial race. Five states voting today. There are 691 delegates up for grabs for the democrats. 367 delegates for the republicans. These are the states that will be voting today. In the states voting today there is a heavy focus on the republican races especially in florida and ohio. Both of those are winner take all states for the gop. Democrats are seeing tight battles in the midwest and certainly worth watching. A half dozen spots in the house of representatives are open. Wbtvs steve crump is live for us right now. Steve, i know you are following these races closely. Do we expect any surprises tonight . The edge, but there are a couple local races gaining traction that is creating buzz. One of them happens to be senate direct 40 in north and east charlotte, and the two and of some of you may remember the name of the Charlotte City councilmember several years ago. He is taking on the incumbent joyce wadell who is a current sitting member in the North Carolina general assemb
In the states voting there is a heavy focus among republicans for florida and ohio. Both are winner take all states and democrats are focusing on the midwest. Tonight the cbs evening news will look at North Carolinas new voter id law now in effect. And how it could Impact Todays primaries. And we have crews in our area ready to bring you campaign 2016 results and we will have the results on wbtv. Com elections followed by a wrapup tonight on news at 11 00. Charlottemecklenburg police are looking for the person who fired shots into a family home with an infant girl and oneyearold boy inside. It happened on highland street in west charlotte before 1 00 a. M. Yesterday. A man, woman and the two children were asleep at the time. No one was hurt. One person is dead and two others hurt after a shooting in a concorde parking lot last night. Investigators say say large and right now police are trying to piece together why there was a large crowd there at that time. And David Whisenant is live
And there are several judgeships up for grabs. Not only the National Scene and the u. S. Senate but there is a number of local races of people obviously will be concerned about before the nice is over. And steve there is one noticeable different in this years primary, it appears it will be a winner take all tonight for local races . Absolutely. And you know, you go back over several election cycles here in North Carolina, they had the 40plus one rule, 40 plus one is what you needed to at least win out right. And if you did not hit that number there would be runoffs. Because we are in a earlier president ial primary cycle what happened was the state legislature and the lawmakers when they carolina this year, they decided to do away with that. So bottom line it is a winner take all and some people can win with as little as 20 depending who they are up against. Primary and that is the same case towards the congressional race which will happen this coming june, brigida. Our steve crump liv
Campaign 2016 today. Polls will open in the primary election in half an hour at 6 30. The big races include president , u. S. Senate, governor and so many more. Wbtvs Mark Davenport is joining us live outside a local polling place so mark, what do voters need to know before heading to the polls today . Reporter john, first things first, when polls open and when they close. Like you mentioned 6 30 this morning, in a half hour they will open for you early birds. If you want to get there before you go to work, that is no. 1 on the list. Get there early this morning. Also polls close at 7 30 tonight, so you have more than 12 hours to vote today when youre getting off work you have extra time in the afternoon to vote. 7 30 is when polls close. Next thing, bring the voter i. D. , we have been talking about this the past few week, if you dont have a drivers license, there is other options. You need to have one of these. Passport, military i. D. , out of state drivers license as long as voter