Had my first two years been anything like my last two, there wouldn’t have been a second term. We should not expect our leaders to be ego-driven or inconsistent in process and policy.
Cities affected include Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Greensboro, Raleigh and Charlotte.
Current incumbents could get months more time in office, possibly as much as a year.
The fall 2021 elections for mayor, city council and town board in at least 35 North Carolina cities and towns could be postponed until next year because the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 population data is being released well behind its usual schedule.
Those elections normally are held in September, October and November. It appears they will be postponed until March and May of 2022, and possibly later.
On top of delayed city elections, a state elections law expert said the March 2022 primaries for Congress, the General Assembly and county offices might also be delayed until later in 2022 because of the lateness of the Census data. Filing for the 2022 elections normally would start in early December.