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Offices on the ballot include: town Mayors, Council members and Commissioners.
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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles says the city could consider holding elections for mayor and the four at-large council seats this fall as scheduled in 2021 while delaying the district races until 2022.
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North Carolina's top elections administrator says the census delay will make it impossible for some local governments to carry out their elections on time.
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The Charlotte City Council and Mayor Vi Lyles discussed Monday night the need to delay the 2021 election until 2022 because of delays in releasing new data from the Census Bureau.
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Charlotte City Attorney Patrick Baker said Tuesday that the city would be in a difficult position legally if it didn't delay its elections for City Council and mayor. The reason is that the U.S. Census Bureau has delayed releasing data used to draw new districts, and the city would have to hold the election using districts that aren't the right size.
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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles asked the city's budget committee to study the impact of census delays on the city's elections this fall.
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The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that the data used for redistricting may not be released until the end of July. That data will be used to draw districts, and could leave the city of Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board with a difficult choice: Press ahead with elections with old maps? Or delay elections until 2022?