The leadership of the City of Goldsboro welcomed multiple new faces on Monday evening as new mayor Charles Gaylor IV was sworn into office, along with four new members of the Goldsboro City Council at the council’s regularly scheduled meeting. … read more »
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Gaylor, New Council Members Sworn in on Monday Evening
Bell Announces Plans to Run for Re-Election
House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) today announced his intent to file for re-election for House District 10. Candidate filing begins at noon on Dec. 4 and ends at noon on Dec. 15. … read more »
Recount for Goldsboro Mayoral Race to be Held on Monday
The recount is being held on Monday at the Wayne County Board of Elections office at 309 East Chestnut Street in Goldsboro. The public can view the recount on Zoom by using: … read more »
City of Goldsboro Announces Closings for Thanksgiving
City of Goldsboro offices will be closed on Nov. 23 and Nov. 24, in observance of Thanksgiving.… read more »
Wayne County Board of Elections Finalizes Results From Municipal Election
After counting all provisional ballots, mail-in ballots, write-in ballots, and international absentee ballots, the Wayne County Board of Elections released the final results from the Nov. 7 municipal election on Friday morning. … read more »
Governor Cooper Visits WCC to Announce SEED Program
Governor Roy Cooper visited Wayne Community College to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week and announce the launch of the Southeastern Education and Economic Development (SEED) initiative.… read more »
City Implementing Voluntary Water Restrictions
Due to current river levels and to help avoid a mandatory water restriction later, the City of Goldsboro will begin implementing voluntary water restrictions. We would like for all customers to adopt the following conservation measures until further notice:… read more »
NC Chamber Names Rep. Bell 2023 Jobs Champion
RALEIGH – The NC Chamber named House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) a 2023 Jobs Champion in its annual How They Voted report.… read more »
Daughtery to Run For County Commissioner in District 6
On Nov. 9, 3 Term Wayne County Commissioner, Joe Daughtery released the following statement announcing his candidacy for Commissioner to represent Wayne County’s 6th District:… read more »
Results of Goldsboro Mayoral Race Could Take Weeks to Become Official
Following Tuesday’s general election, the Goldsboro Mayoral race has technically not been decided.
The unofficial results had Charles Gaylor receiving 49.98 percent of the vote while Raymond Smith Jr. received 49.76 percent of the vote. Unofficially, Gaylor won by nine votes.
The results could potentially take weeks to become official while write-in ballots, international absentee ballots and provisional ballots cast under the new VoterID law are reviewed.
Should a recount be necessary, it would take place toward the end of November.
Gaylor released the following statement through his social media pages on Wednesday saying, “Hey! Thank you so much for your support. We are excited to be 9 votes up at the end of Election Day. Please know, however, that this number will change some as the rest of the ballots are counted. There are still write-in ballots to review, international ballots to count, and even provisional ballots cast under the new VoterID law to sort through. Being this close, we won’t know the final results of this for a few weeks. Any recount would then take place toward the end of November. However, we will do our best to keep the community informed on our social media pages as updates come available. Again, thank you so very much for your support and well wishes!”
When reached for comment by Goldsborodailynews.com on Wednesday regarding the election results, Smith responded by saying, “I think it is confusing and a bit misleading to the citizens of Goldsboro that the local headlines are proclaiming that there is a clear winner in the Mayoral race. The final results are not in as of yet. Write-ins, provisional and supplemental absentee ballots must be counted before a clear winner can officially be announced. Also, the option for a local recount is a consideration as well. What gives me optimism is that there is a verification process that insures that we have free and fair elections. Let’s allow the process to culminate before drawing premature conclusions.”
Attempts to reach Wayne County Board of Elections President Eddie Edwards on Wednesday were unsuccessful.… read more »
