Register to vote

Anyone who wants to vote in local municipal elections during November but hasn’t registered yet, must get their paperwork in today.

Elections offices in Greene, Jones and Lenoir County — like their counterparts across the state — will be accepting applications through 5 p.m. today. Applications sent by mail must be postmarked by 5 p.m.

Lenoir Elections Director Dana King hopes more people will come out Nov. 3 than did for the Kinston mayor and city council primary last month.

Just over 1,700 of the city’s registered 13,000 registered Democratic and unaffiliated voters turned out for the Sept. 15 primary.

“That wasn’t a good turnout,” King said.

Next month, voters in Kinston, La Grange and Pink Hill will choose their mayors and town commissioners for the next four years. There are more than 17,000 registered voters of all political affiliations living in all three communities.

“If they’re going to take the time to register, we would hope they’re going to take the time to vote,” King said.

Early voting statewide begins Oct. 15 and ends Oct. 31. In Lenoir County, Kinston and La Grange voters can cast ballots at the Board of Elections headquarters in Kinston — voters in Pink Hill cannot cast absentee ballots, early or otherwise, King said.

The nearly 1,800 voters living in Snow Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg and the Maury Sanitary Land District can vote early at the Greene County Board of Elections in Snow Hill, Greene Elections Director Jane Monroe said.

Jones County Elections Director Gail Lee could not be reached for comment Thursday.

David Anderson can be reached at 252-559-1077 or danderson@freedomenc.com.

Lenoir County
Kinston

Mayor:
Jimmy Cousins-D
B.J. Murphy-R
Earl Harper-U

City Council (vote for two):
Bobby Merritt-D
Robert A. Swinson IV-D (I)

La Grange

Town commissioner (vote for three):
Bobby Wooten (I)
Albert Lee Gray
David S. Holmes
Glenn M. Houston
Veronica Nicky Lee

Vote yes or no on a mixed beverage referendum allowing public establishments to serve mixed drinks within the town limits

Pink Hill

Mayor:
Treva Brigman (I)
Royce Swinson

Town commissioner (vote for three)
Mike Hill (I)
Donald R. King (I)
Carol Sykes (I)
Debra Grady

Greene County
Snow Hill

Mayor:
Lorrine Burney Washington (I)
Dennis Liles

Town commissioner (vote for three)
Percy L. Edwards Jr. (I)
Geraldine “Pat” Shackleford (I)
Rebecca “Becki” Scarborough
R.L. “Bobby” Taylor
Roger D. Whitson

Hookerton

Mayor:
Sam Johnson (I)
Bobby Taylor

Town commissioner-two seats:
Doris Williams Jones (I)
Robert “Bert” Matthews (I)

Walstonburg

Mayor:
Susan McKeel Casper (I)

Town commissioner-(vote for five):
Brenda Moore Haymond (I)
Robert Hicks (I)
Fitz McKeel Jr. (I)
Ronald Turner (I)
Ronnie Wayne Rouse

Maury Sanitary Land District

Board members:
Julian Jones Jr. (I)
Triva Sheppard Mason (I)
Henry Pasour (I)

Jones County

Maysville

Mayor:
James D. Harper (I)
Wayne Sayland

Town commissioner (vote for five):
David F. Chapman (I)
Bobby Flowers (I)
Brenda Foy (I)
Janet G. Baker
Schumata Brown
A. Jane Freeman
David J. McKay
Elwood Morris
Dan Ryan
Pam Yancey

Pollocksville

Mayor:
James V. “Jay” Bender Jr. (I)
 

Town commissioner (vote for two):
Doris W. Oliver (I)
Ann R. Rudd

Trenton

Mayor:
Gladys Mae Meadows (I)
Darlene Owens Spivey

Town commissioners (vote for three):
Robert “Bob” Horvath (I)
Charles C. Jones Jr. (I)
Albert F. “Al” Riggs (I)

(I) Denotes incumbent