.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} Ballotpedia features 408,503 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Ballot measures, Who represents me? widget_load_check_jquery(); $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); 	} Wilkes County Superior Court Judge Michael Duncan has signed a consent judgment for a Chapter 19 Nuisance Abatement action against Indigo Hospitality One LLC., Tejalbahen Patel, and Girishbhai Patel the property owners of Americas Best Value Inn, located at 5702 Hwy 21, in Jonesville. 			display: block; 	font-weight: bold; Also, this site is dedicated to reform efforts that aim to increase and expand the voice of the common people, such as abolishing gerrymandering and resisting efforts to suppress voter turnout. In 38 states, the secretary of state is the chief election official, a role required by federal law, often in charge of running and certifying elections of their local, state and national leaders  think county-level officials, governors and state legislators, plus U.S. senators and representatives. As long as those rules arent violated, governments can deny the right to vote for whatever reason they want, pretty much. Also petitioning to run unaffiliated for the West District (State Road) seat on the school board is Debbie Brown. 	} 
} Here's how to call your elected officials to let them know how you feel about the issues of the day. Newcomer Cliff Collins also claimed a victory over incumbent Gilbert Hemric in the County Commissioners primary. 	.electionsectionheading { Republicans are also enemies of personal freedom. 	} } 	clear: both; 	.votebox-scroll-container { Collins received 4,290 votes and Hemric 3,284.    @media (max-width:600px) { Two county incumbents were unseated in yesterday's Republican primary. How to vote | Public nuisance judgment against Hwy 21 hotel | The Elkin Tribune 	 Smitherman received a total of 4,205 votes and Oliver 3,558. Collins said he would like to see more economic growth, particularly in the Hamptonville area where he resides, in the areas of places to stay and dine. 	} 	} Candidate Nick Smitherman claimed the victory over incumbent Ricky Oliver in the race for Yadkin County Sheriff. 		vertical-align: top; 	color: white; Yadkin County, North Carolina,  held  elections for local offices in 2022. (NOTE: Because of the way legislative boundaries are drawn, more than a zip code is needed to determing which legislative disrict you are in. 	} State executives | Here's how to update your registration so you can vote. Five-thirty-eight: has a before and after redistricting map for North Carolina. Republican clerk of court candidates are first-term incumbent Neil Brendle, Teresa ODell and Melissa Marion Welch. Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? Running unopposed following the Republican primary, is candidate Nick Smitherman for Yadkin . This number represented 13.5% of all 5,138 candidates Ballotpedia covered in 2021. The following have filed for Wilkes County Board of Education: Randall Rudy Holbrook, Sharron Nichols Huffman, Jammie Y. Jolly, Teresa B. Ray, Tammy Stanley, and Susan Marie Rochette. 		padding:7px 8px 8px;   2018 Elkin Tribune            Privacy Policy, Ballard to run for re-election as unaffiliated candidate, Letter to the Editor: On the Elkin School Board election. Democracy is the Enlightenment idea, that the authority of government derives from "the consent of the governed" -- and NOT from any "divine right" from "God.". 	.results_row td { 	width: 100%;  = candidate completed the  Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. Organizations that track Personal Finance. if (window.jQuery) { 	.image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { Nick Smitherman ran in the general election for Yadkin County Sheriff on November 8, 2022. European countries have faced the same kind of technological change we have, and theyre not seeing the people killing themselves with guns or drugs or alcohol, Case says. In a statement to The Yadkin Ripple, on his run for Sheriff, candidate Nick Smitherman said, "I'm running for Sheriff because I've been encouraged by many citizens across the county. You can deny the vote to someone for any reason but race or sex. 	} With the upcoming election, there has been much discussion about voter fraud and how much security there is in our vote. 		} 	} Just like Washington D.C., your state government has a legislature, too. Event organizers said he did not respond to the invitation to participate. Hours. Incumbency information for this election was not available. With no Democrats running in November the primary essentially decided who will continue the . .widget-key { 
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