Vacancy ruling upsetting: Candidates filing for office

Second Week of Filing Continues

The second week of filing for this year’s municipal elections continues. Wednesday now leaves prospective candidates with a day and a half before the deadline to pay their fee and sign up to see themselves on the ballot in November.

Vacancy ruling upsetting: Candidates filing for office

A decision by Adam Steele, associate general counsel with the N.C. State Board of Elections, denying Swansboro the opportunity to schedule a special election prompted town commissioners to schedule a special session – later canceled – “to update the public”…