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Bertie booze defeated
Published Tuesday, November 3, 2009
WINDSOR – Bertie County citizens narrowly defeated a Mixed Beverage referendum on Tuesday.
Unofficial tallies from the Bertie County Board of Elections show 686 citizens voting against the proposal while 673 were in favor of having mixed drinks served at county establishments.
The 13-vote margin is unofficial at this point.
The voting tabulations were back-and-forth all evening after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m. With 11 of 12 precincts reporting, those favoring mixed drinks were 14 votes in front of those in opposition. However, the final precinct to report swung the tide back in favor of those opposed to the measure.
The only other close race in Bertie County came in the Aulander municipal election. There, eight candidates were vying for three seats on the Aulander Town Council.
Unofficially, incumbent Council members Dennis B. Wilder (149 votes) and Mary Jane Tayloe (129 votes) will return for another term in office. The third seat was apparently earned by Jason W. Tinkham who was favored on 143 ballots.
The remaining Aulander votes were captured by Robin Maxham Bland (87), Henry J. Ingram (76), Larry Cooke Jr. (60), Joe R. Jernigan Sr. (46) and Kimsey Myers (46).
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Posted by unknownsubscriber (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, I guess Aulander will have a few more years of crookedness!! It's amazing how many votes the one person got that does nothing for the town but sleep at the meetings and if anyone was at the debate WOW! This person's speech sounded like he had just been told he was going to speak,VERY un-professional. Way to go Aulanderians for putting these "idiots" in office!!!
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