Politics

ELIZABETHTOWN — Jeffrey Smith, an incumbent commissioner in Dublin, has filed for reelection.

ELIZABETHTOWN — With a week to go, municipal election filing in Bladen County is very weak.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Six candidates were in on the first day to file for municipal offices in Bladen County, including all four in Elizabethtown seeking to remain a part of the Town Council.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Noon on Friday will be the opening of candidate filing for this fall’s municipal elections.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County’s new Board of Elections appointments are scheduled to be sworn in July 20 at noon.

RALEIGH — This fall’s elections in about three dozen North Carolina municipalities will now occur in early 2022 due to census data delays in legislation that Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Friday will became law without his signature.

GREENVILLE — McCrae Dowless has pleaded guilty to stealing from the United States government.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County is expecting, along with others across the state, to hold its municipal elections as scheduled this fall.

RALEIGH — Some Republicans are taking a different tack on legislative efforts to move up mail-in absentee balloting deadlines by also giving citizens more time to vote on the front end. But Democrats say the idea still treats voters unequally.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Municipal elections have a chance to go forward in 2021 as set up rather than being delayed as the state Board of Elections director wants.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The husband of a former Bladen County commissioner is claiming that District Attorney Jon David caused the dissolution of his marriage and is seeking damages.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Election board staff is preparing for November municipal elections, but expecting them to change and be held in 2022.