Mount Olive residents Carol Simmons and Jessie Faison joined more than 600 Wayne County voters to reject the changing of term limits for town of Mount Olive public officials from two years to four years.
Voters on Tuesday also decided to permit sales of malt beverages, wine and mixed drinks in Wayne County, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections.
A total of 620 people voted against the Mount Olive charter amendment referendum, while 369 people voted in favor of it.
Voting results from the Tuesday election are unofficial until the canvass of the votes on Nov. 13.
On Election Day Tuesday, Simmons and Faison were among the 620 people who voted against the amendment at the Steele Memorial Library, at 119 W. Main St. in Mount Olive.
Simmons and Faison said they voted against it because giving public officials at least two-year terms is enough, and if they cannot get enough done in two years then they should not have a four-year term.
“I feel that they can do two years,” Simmons said.
On March 2, the Mount Olive Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to consider an ordinance to amend the town’s term limits for the mayor and each board member from two to four years. The reso...