By Erin Smith
Voters going to the polls in 2018 will notice a new prosecutorial district on the ballot following judicial and prosecutorial redistricting which took place in the fall of 2017. Bladen County was in the 13th Prosecutorial District which consisted of Bladen, Brunswick, and Columbus counties.
Following the redistricting process, Bladen County is now in the 15th Prosecutorial which still consists of Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties. Other the change of number, the prosecutorial district remains in tact. District Attorney Jon David, who is a Republican, filed on Monday seeking re-election to his seat.
“I got an email at 9:07 a.m. (Wednesday) referencing the district numbers changing,” said Bladen County Board of Elections Director Cynthia Shaw.
Elsewhere in the state, Prosecutorial District 9A, which consisted of Person and Caswell counties, was removed. Person County was moved into the new Prosecutorial District 10 with Franklin, graham, Vance and Warren counties. Caswell County joins Rockingham County in the new Prosecutorial District 22. Other prosecutorial districts simply changed numbers.
The Republican controlled legislature adopted House Bill 717 in October 2017 and the bill becomes effective on January 1, 2019 “except as provided in this act, elections in 2018 thereafter shall be held accordingly.”
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