SMITHFIELD - The Johnston County Board of Elections rejected the election complaints of Harris Lee Jenkins Jr. of Selma and Clifton Cooley Sr. of Wilson's Mills. Both candidates said polling place issues could have spoiled their chances at victory.

Jenkins, who ran for mayor in Selma, said the town's two polling places were too hard for some of his supporters to reach. Cooley, an incumbent council candidate, said misinformation sent some voters to the wrong place when they tried to vote in Wilson's Mills.

The board found that "there was not substantial evidence of any violation, irregularity or misconduct sufficient to cast out on the results of the election," said Leigh Anne Price, director of the Board of Elections.

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