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On Tuesday, December 8 the Supreme Court of North Carolina issued an order to halt candidate filings for the 2022 election and delayed the primary. The new primary will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
The order also states, “Any individual who has already filed to run for public office in 2022 and whose filing has been accepted by the appropriate board of elections, will be deemed to have filed…”
A new filing period has yet to be established by the State Board of Elections or N.C. Supreme Court.
A statewide recount is being held to determine the winner of the race for NC Supreme Court Chief Justice, after the initial count found only 406 votes separating the two candidates. Lenoir County will recount its votes Friday, while Jones and Greene Counties will hold recounts on Monday.
Lenoir County Board of Elections Director Steve Hines also provided Neuse News with the final numbers for the write-in campaign for the Lenoir County Board of Education. Michelle Cash received 6,485 votes, and Nancy Gilmore received 6,088 votes.
APA students traveled to Greenville to attend a special event.
Associate Justice Mark Davis of the NC Supreme Court visited Kinston on Tuesday. Davis spoke to local lawyers at a bar association lunch and spoke to students at Arendell Parrott Academy in the afternoon.
Numerous state and local officials were on hand as N.C. Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) took his ceremonial oath of office Thursday night.
The guide includes important dates and times for one-stop early voting, absentee ballots, and election day. Also the guide includes information on NC Supreme Court and NC Court of Appeals candidates and on the proposed Constitutional Amendments.
Neuse News columnist Reece Gardner discusses the judicial ballot confusion and updates regarding the North Carolina constitutional amendments.
