Without an opponent to contest this, both of the previous candidates will win their race by default, locking them in for another session. If you have been following the election filing articles from earlier this year, you will already know that no one other than incumbents in districts 1 and 2 filed for reelection for the coming four-year term. There is no effective political competition amongst candidates save for the race for Mayor, which I must digress is more of an uphill battle than a fair contest (I’ll circle back to that as Jen Psaki would say). Well, it boils down to a simple observation. Early voting kicked off this week in municipalities around Scotland County and while this is usually exciting news for those who dabble in the political battlefield, for Laurinburg residents there appears to be nothing to gain from this round of elections even though two city council and the mayoral seats are on the line.
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