I've been busy the past couple of days working with our election officials to make sure we have smooth municipal elections. We succeeded. Our use of plain paper ballots for low-turnout municipal elections worked well.
At first glance, it appears that turnout in the Town of Oriental was almost fifty percent. That's pretty good. But for the county as a whole, it was only about eighteen percent.
We had a lot of new poll workers, and I was very pleased at how well they did their jobs. It looks like we will continue the Pamlico County tradition of well-run elections.
Results? Tonight's count was only preliminary. In Oriental, it appears that the incumbent mayor and every commissioner candidate on the ballot has won. But that's far from certain. There are some issues with write-in votes that will require a determination by the Board of Elections. We plan to meet as soon as possible to address those issues. Even after that, we won't know for sure until we meet for the official canvass. There are a number of provisional ballots that can't be opened until canvass, which is scheduled for 11:00 am Tuesday, November 15.
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