Bloviations

Filing for 2009’s municipal elections are over and the slate of candidates for November’s ballot is complete. It’s time to stop guessing who will pony up to run and prognosticate about the campaigning.
Since there’s not much campaigning to analyze so far, I figure that it’d be useful to lay a baseline…Which is how I would [...]

July 27th, 2009 | Tags: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville City Council, Jerome Willingham, Jerry Bittner, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan | Category: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Jerry Bittner, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan | Comments (2)

Candidate filing for the 2009 municipal elections will begin Monday, July 6th and end at Noon on Friday, July 17th.
Filing fees (MS Excel) and more information on the municipal elections is available at the Onslow County Board of Elections website.
There are four seats (Willingham Ward 1, Sullivan Ward 2, Thomas (At-Large) and Williams (At-Large) [...]

July 3rd, 2009 | Tags: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan | Category: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan | Comments (1)

North Carolina’s early voting period begins Thursday (October 16th).
The Onslow County Board of Elections will have four sites maintained for the early voting period:

Jacksonville Commons Rec. Center
Swansboro Middle School Annex
Tar Landing Baptist Church
Verona Fire Station

These locations will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday (November 1st) from 8:00am to 1:00pm. [...]

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No doubt, if you keep up with Onslow County news, you know that the Onslow County Board of Elections failed to count over 4,000 votes on Tuesday.
There was a glitch in the computers used to tally the ballots and, apparently, the vote totals from early voting weren’t originally counted in the results.
Fortunately, none of the [...]

May 10th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County, NC, Politics | Comments (2)

It’s Primary Day in NC!
I’m a proud member of the 8.4% of NC’s registered voters that participated in early voting this year, so I’ll not be standing in lines with the rest of Onslow’s voters today.
If you want information on the candidates, visit the Jacksonville Daily News‘ Election 2008 page. If you want information on [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Delma Collins, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Jack Bright, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Lionell Midgett, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County Republican Party, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent) | Comments (2)