In November, Mount Olive voters will elect a mayor and five town board members. Candidate filing for November’s municipal elections in Wayne and Duplin counties will begin at noon today, July 7, and continue through noon Friday, July 21. Candidates for sanitary district elections in Wayne County will file during that period as well. (Steve Herring|mountolivetribune.com)
Candidate filing for November’s municipal elections in Wayne and Duplin counties will begin at noon today, July 7, and continue through noon Friday, July 21.
Those vying for Wayne County sanitary district elections will file during that period as well.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, when the polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Municipal and sanitary district elections are nonpartisan and there is no primary for either. All of the new municipal and sanitary district terms will begin on the first Monday in December.
The office of mayor and all five Mount Olive Town Board seats are up for election.They are currently held by Mayor Kenny Talton; At-large Commissioner Steve Wiggins; District 1 Commissioner Vicky Darden; District 2 Commissioner Delreese Simmons; District 3 Commissioner Barbara Kornegay; and District 4 Commissioner Tommy Brown.
The mayor and commissioners serve two-year terms.
In Seven Springs, the office of mayor and three of the five at-large town board seats will be on the ballot.
The mayor serves a two-year term, while board members, who are elected at-large, serve for four years.
Current Mayor Ronda Hughes was appointed mayor in 2021 after Stephen Potter was elected, but was unable to serve because of health reasons.
Board members whose terms are ending are Alan Cash, Jackie Rouse and Robert Alan Hughes.
In Mount Olive, the filing fees are $24 for mayor and $6 for commissioner. The fee for mayor and commissioner are $6 each in Seven Springs.
In Faison, two of the five at-large seats on the town board as well as the office of mayor are up for election. The offices are currently held by Mayor Carolyn Kenyon and Commissioners Danny Blackburn and Juan Carlos Quintalilla.
The mayor and board members serve four-year terms. The filing fee is $5 for both commissioner and mayor.
Three of the five at-large seats on Wayne County’s Southern Wayne Sanitary District Board are up for election as are all five at-large seats on the Southwestern Wayne Sanitary District.
Members serve four-year terms. The filing fee is $5.
The Southern Wayne Sanitary District Board seats currently are held by Thomas Gainey, Matthew McLamb (who was appointed) and Danny K. Edwards (who was appointed).
The Southwestern Wayne Sanitary District seats currently are held by David A. Bennett, Jimmy B. Cox, Daryll E. Overton, Kelly Hughes and Gail Porter Minchew.
In Wayne County, candidates will file at the Wayne County Board of Elections Office, 309 E. James St., Goldsboro.
For more information on Wayne County, visit www.waynegov.com/783/Board-of-Elections.
In Duplin County, candidates will file at the Duplin County Board of Elections Office, 160 Mallard St., Kenansville.
For more information, visit www.duplincountync.com/board-of-elections.
Also, visit the N.C. State Board of Elections at www.ncsbe.gov.
Voters are reminded that beginning with the 2023 municipal elections they will be required to show a photo identification when voting.
For most voters that will simply mean showing a N.C. driver’s license.
Any of the following photo identification (unexpired or expired for one year or less) can be used as well:
— N.C. driver’s license.
— U.S. passport/U.S. passport card.
— State ID (non-operator ID), from the N.C. DMV.
— N.C. Voter Photo ID card, issued by a county board of elections (expected to be available soon).
— College/university student ID approved by the N.C. State Board of Elections.
— Charter school employee ID approved by the N.C. State Board of Elections.
— State/local government employee ID approved by the N.C. State Board of Elections.
— Driver’s license/non-driver ID from another state, the District of Columbia or U.S territory (only if the voter registered in N.C. within 90 days of the election).
Also, any of the following, regardless of whether the ID contains an expiration or issuance date:
— Military or veteran ID card issued by the U.S. government.
— Tribal enrollment card issued by a state or federally recognized tribe.
— ID card issued by a U.S. government agency or the state of N.C. for a public assistance program.
For more information, visit www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter-id.
