Since Lucinda Minges goes by “Cindy,” we have referred to her as such below.
Cindy Minges Sat On The Lenoir County Board Of Elections. [Lenoir County Board of Elections, accessed 7/22/24]
Cindy Minges Was A Republican. [North Carolina State Board of Elections County Board of Elections Members List, updated 11/1/23]
Cindy Minges Opposed The State Board Of Elections’ Guidance On Ballot Curing, Saying It Was “Not Law.” [Lenoir County Board of Elections Meeting Minutes, 9/29/20]
October 2020: Cindy Minges Was The Sole Vote Against Approving Cured Absentee Ballots. [Lenoir County Board of Elections Meeting Minutes, 10/20/20]
2014: Cindy Minges Voted To Reduce Lenoir County’s One-Stop Voting Hours. “In Tuesday's Lenoir County Board of Elections meeting, the three board members -- Lucinda Minges, Courtney Patterson and chairman Tommy Pharo -- had to make a decision on reducing hours for one-stop voting in elections for November. While Minges and Pharo agreed to reduce the vote, Patterson opposed, preventing the law from being enacted. A unanimous vote was needed to pass it. Patterson said the initial decision by the North Carolina General Assembly was what he stood pat with.” [Free Press, 2/23/14]
Cindy Minges Allegedly Followed A Directive From The N.C. Republican Party To Reduce Early Voting. “The Democrat, Courtney Patterson, told the state board in a letter that his GOP counterparts were following the directive from the N.C. Republican Party to reduce early voting. ‘One of my fellow board members informed me that the two Republican members of the board had been given an agenda from the North Carolina Republican Party that he felt bound to follow, and he hoped I would not take offense at the position he intended to take to comply with that agenda,’ Patterson wrote. He added that the only person who spoke in favor of less early voting during the board's meeting was John Nix. Nix is chairman of the Lenoir County GOP, and his wife Michele is vice-chairwoman of the NCGOP. Neither of the Republican board members, Lucinda Minges and Tommy Pharo, returned phone calls Tuesday seeking comment.” [News & Observer, 9/6/16]
June 2020: Cindy Minges Voted Against A Motion For Six Early Voting Sites, Pushing Instead For Four. [Lenoir County Board of Elections Meeting Minutes, 6/4/20]
April 2020: Cindy Minges Voted Against A Budget With Money For Six Early Voting Sites. [Lenoir County Board of Elections Meeting Minutes, 4/2/20]
August 2020: Cindy Minges Submitted A Minority Party Voting Plan That Only Included Four Early Voting Locations And Called The Majority Plan Of Six Sites “Unnecessary And Wasteful.” [Lenoir County Board of Elections Meeting Minutes, 8/4/20]