EAST FORSYTH – The first week of advance voting for the July 26 Republican primary runoff for the next District 5 commissioner got off to a slow start. Advance voting for the runoff between candidates Justin Hawkins and Laura Semanson began on Tuesday, July 5, and officials said were hoping to see more voters. Barbara Luth, Forsyth County’s supervisor of voter registrations and elections, had one word to describe the first week.