Sunday voting will not be an option in Columbus County during the upcoming early voting period. Under a new state law, local election boards must unanimously approve early voting schedules...
Some voters may have a new precinct number and/or polling location for the March primary. “Your right to vote has not changed,” the Columbus County Board of Elections said in...
Voters who have requested mail-in ballots will soon have forms in the mailboxes. Absentee-by-mail ballots will be mailed Monday for the March 3 primary, according to the State Board of...
The March Primary ballot will be a short one in Columbus, since multiple nominations are not contested. Democrat candidates were lacking in the filing for the 2026 primaries. In several...
Filing for the 2026 elections closed at noon today, and a number of races will likely be decided in the March Primary. Republicans dominated the filing period, with only a...
Candidate filing for the March primary races got off to a busy start at the Columbus County Board of Elections Monday. Primary winners go on to the general election in...
District Attorney Jon David will not seek reelection. David said Tuesday that he will not sign up for another term in office when candidate filing starts Monday. He endorsed...
Despite controversy over drainage in Whiteville, alleged issues with police department leadership in Tabor City, and tax increase at Lake Waccamaw, voter turnout was only slightly above average in Tue...
Voters in some Columbus County municipalities will see new leaders in December, while incumbents held strong in some races Tuesday (tonight). In his first challenged race since taking...
Voters in Columbus County towns and cities have only hours to make their voices known in mayoral and council races. Voting for municipal offices began at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and...
There is no police record of an alleged incident between Whiteville Police and mayoral hopeful Brittany Payne, officials said today. In an Instagram reel, Payne claimed that she was harassed...
A Whiteville mayoral candidate said in an Instagram reel in June that she was targeted by a restaurant patron who used influence and tried to have her arrested by Whiteville...
Residents of incorporated towns and cities have until Friday to register to vote for the Nov. 4 election. All municipalities in the county have elections this fall. Only town residents...
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging a Canadian citizen with illegally registering to vote and voting in federal elections in 2022 and 2024. “Every single time a...
The first wave of mailings is now going out to North Carolina voters who need to provide their driver’s license number (DL#) or last four digits of their social security...
Contested races are on tap for several towns in Columbus in November’s municipal elections. Filing closed today at noon at the county board of elections office. While several municipalities had...