Several candidates made it just under the wire Friday as filings closed at noon for most municipal offices. Filing for Lake Waccamaw, which elects commissioners by ward, begins July 26....
Victor Jacobs is a former Columbus County sheriff’s detective. The first candidate has declared his intentions to run for Columbus County Sheriff in 2022. Victor Jacobs, a Buckhead resident and...
The video that caused multiple complaints of elections tampering during the early voting period has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office. Brandon Patrick recorded the exchange between a...
The U.S. Court of Appeals today (Wednesday) reversed a lower court ruling on North Carolina’s Voter ID law. That law – the second version approved by the voters and...
Problems at four precincts across the state led the State Board of elections to leave those polls open for extra time tonight, delaying the first release of results until 8:15...
Today is Election Day in what may be one of the busiest political seasons in history. Most of the reports so far today show voting is going smoothly but slowly...
Despite long lines in the first few days, early polls are flowing smoothly across the county. Senior elections specialist Kathy Enzor said Friday that 9,809 ballots have been cast in...
Uniformed law enforcement officers won’t be stationed at polls during the early election or on Nov. 3, but they will be on standby if needed. A memo from the...
Early voting for the Nov. 2 general election gets underway Thursday at five different sites in Columbus County. Early polls will be open at the county Board of Elections...
Between heavy marketing efforts, a presidential election, and fears of the COVID-19 virus, mail-in absentee ballots are coming into the Columbus County Board of Elections office by the box almost...
In an historic first, voters in Columbus County will be able to vote on one Sunday during the early polls. Carla Strickland of the Board of Elections said the decision...
Officials are seeing 100 to 200 mail in requests for absentee ballots every day. COVID-19 and a presidential election is making for a busy time at the county board...
The Columbus County Board of Elections reports that absentee ballot requests are expected to skyrocket this year, and with those extra absentee ballots come a lot of opportunities for fraud. ...