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==Government and politics== Lee is a typical "Solid South" county in terms of voting patterns. From its first election in 1908 it voted Democratic by large margins until 1968, except in the 1928 election when anti-[[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] Catholic [[Al Smith]] held the county by single digits. In 1968, Lee's Democratic streak was broken when its electorate chose the American Independent candidate [[George Wallace]]. After 1972, Lee has voted Republican in every election except for [[Jimmy Carter]]'s two elections in 1976 and 1980.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} As of 2022, 60.4 percent of the population is registered to vote.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://leecountync.gov/departments/elections/index.php| title = Lee County Elections | publisher = Lee County, North Carolina| access-date = June 26, 2024}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Lee County, North Carolina|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|17,489|12,245|347|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|16,469|12,143|396|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,712|10,469|903|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|13,158|10,801|280|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|12,775|10,784|229|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,834|7,657|52|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,406|6,785|92|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|7,321|6,290|1,019|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,658|5,852|2,149|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,104|4,231|36|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,198|3,925|28|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|4,847|5,426|301|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,691|5,104|36|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,836|2,024|166|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|2,586|2,524|3,711|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,753|4,730|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,563|4,673|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,948|4,163|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,105|4,688|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|871|3,234|243|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|808|3,448|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|527|3,682|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|670|3,723|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|681|3,058|13|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,416|1,715|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|710|1,834|10|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,143|2,327|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|573|1,054|0|North Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|451|862|60|North Carolina}} Lee County is a member of the regional [[Triangle J Council of Governments]]. The county is governed by a seven-member board of County Commissioners, elected at large to serve four-year terms. Terms are staggered so that, every two years, three or four Commissioners are up for election. The Commissioners enact policies such as establishment of the property tax rate, regulation of land use and zoning outside municipal jurisdictions, and adoption of the annual budget. Commissioners usually meet on the first and third Mondays of each month.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} The commissioners appoint a county manager to oversee regular administrative activity of the county government.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://leecountync.gov/departments/county_manager/index.php| title = County Manager| publisher = Lee County, North Carolina| access-date = June 15, 2024}}</ref> The commissioners also appoint a county attorney to advise the board on legal matters.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://leecountync.gov/departments/county_attorney/index.php| title = County Attorney| publisher = Lee County, North Carolina| access-date = June 15, 2024}}</ref> Lee County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 12th Prosecutorial District, the 12th [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] District, and the 12th [[North Carolina District Courts|District Court]] District.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/lee-county| title = Lee County| publisher = North Carolina Judicial Branch| access-date = June 26, 2024}}</ref>
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