A number of local and state offices will be decided in the May 17 primary election, since there are no challengers. A special meeting of the county Board of Elections has been called for today [Read More]
Elections Board to meet this afternoon to determine next step. No one filed to run for the Whiteville City Council seat held by Tim Blackmon by the noon deadline today. The county Board of Elections [Read More]
UPDATED 4:09 p.m. Multiple sources have confirmed that federal agents seized a computer at the Columbus County Board of Elections this morning (Tuesday). The computer hard drive was taken from the workspace formerly used by [Read More]
Two of the most hotly contested municipal elections in the county came down to the wire yesterday, with Shannon Britt and Rashad Roberts winning two seats on the Chadbourn Town council and Matt Wilson overwhelming [Read More]
Tuesday is the last chance for voters in most area municipalities to elect mayors and board members. Every town except Lake Waccamaw has seen a low turnout for municipal election early voting, according to [Read More]
The date for filing hasn’t even been set in stone, but a third candidate has announced plans to run for sheriff next year. Jason Soles said Sunday in a social media post that he intends [Read More]
A ruling that would have allowed 55,000 convicted felons to cast a ballot has been stopped by the State Court of Appeals. On Aug. 30, a three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court judges [Read More]
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. Whiteville elects councilmembers by district, [Read More]
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 former detective with the Columbus [Read More]
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 poll judge, the caretaker and [Read More]
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 the General Assembly — was voted [Read More]
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 p.m. None of the affected [Read More]
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 across Columbus County, although there [Read More]
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 the county. The county has [Read More]
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 state Board of Elections to [Read More]
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 office, Chadbourn Town Hall, Fair [Read More]
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