FILING WILL BE FROM 12 NOON JULY 5TH THROUGH 12 NOON JULY 19TH AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON CENTRAL STREET
The mainstream media is filled everyday it seems with talk about the 2020 presidential election...but the reality is we have a LOCAL municipal election THIS year...in fact, filing for those local mumicipal offices starts in just five months.
Henderson County Election Director Beverly Cunningham tells WHKP News that the local municipal elections will come up this fall...but filing for those offices will begin July 5th at noon and continue through July 19th at 12 noon. Filing will be at the Henderson County Board of Electinos office on East Central Street.
In the City of Hendersonville, there will be two council seats up for elections this year...the seats currently held by Steve Caraker and Ron Stephens.
In the Village of Flat Rock, Mayor Bob Staton’s seat is up for election this year...and three district Village Council member’s seats will be up for election...they are the seats of Nick Weedman, Ginger Brown, and John Dockendorf.
In The Town of Fletcher, council districts two and three are up for election this year...and that’s Hugh Clark and Bob Davey.
In the Town of Laurel Park, Mayor Carey O’Cain’s seat is up for election this year...and so are town council members George Banta and Bob Vickery.
And in the Town of Mills River, “at large” council members Wayne Carland and Roger Snyder are both up for election this year.
None of the current office holders have announced if they will be filing and running for re-election this year and no new candidates have announced yet. Election Director Cunningham it won’t be known until after filing is over if there will be a primary election for any of the offices, so the election dates have not yet been set.
Cunningham says she has not received documentation from the State Board of Elections yet, but it is her understanding that photo ID WILL BE required to vote in the municipal elections this fall.
Again, filing for this year’s municipal elections will start at noon on July 5th and continue through noon on July 19th at the Board of Elections on East Central Street off the Old Spartanburg Highway.
By Larry Freeman and Tippy Creswell
