There will be at least one more One-Stop voting site and maybe two in Edgecombe County for this fall’s presidential election.

The branch library at 201 S. Front St. in Pinetops was approved Wednesday by the county Board of Elections.

A fourth site would be in the M.C. Braswell Cultural & Education Development Center at 649 Morningstar Church Road in the Battleboro community if it passes inspection Friday morning.

The county already has One-Stop sites in the County Administration Building at 201 St. Andrew St. in Tarboro and at a Nash-Rocky Mount Schools annex building at 800 Fairview Road in Rocky Mount.

“This is a real plus,” said the Rev. A.C. Batchelor, board chairman. “I’m glad we were able to do it. Now, we need help to get out the vote.”

Last week, the three-member board of Batchelor, Jackie King and Betty Lewis extended early voting hours to 6 p.m. for Monday through Friday and to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, Oct. 18 and 21. On Saturday, Nov. 1, the hours will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in order for the staff to have time to prepare election machines for pickup.

Early voting begins on Oct. 16 and continues until Nov. 1, 15 days.

The General Election is Tuesday, Nov. 4 and is predicted to draw record crowds to the polls to vote for Sen. Barrack Obama, D-Ill., who is trying to become the first black elected president.

The board has to forward its plans for early voting to the State Board of Elections and the federal Department of Justice by 5 p.m. Friday.

“I’ll drive our application to Raleigh, if I need to,” said Elections Director Jerry Spruell.

It appears the board will meet once more on Friday to sign the application for the site in the Battleboro community.

The board also is asking the state for $14,184 to assist in One-Stop sites. That includes $9,988 in salaries, $1,100 for two laptop computers, $747 for 10 ballot bags, $560 for eight ink cartridges for printers and $512 for training.

The Rev. Thomas Walker of Rocky Mount, who asked for the two additional sites, seemed pleased.

“It sounds like we are on the road to make it accessible to our citizens,” he said.

Walker also suggested Spruell look at making the community center site in the Battleboro community a permanent polling place, replacing the Precinct 7-1 site at Phillips Middle School.