CHALT and THE 2017 CHTC ELECTION

FYI: I get this message: "The form has become outdated. Copy any unsaved work in the form below." Only 2 of the 3 candidates for council I supported this year won. All of the candidates are good folk and the winners will serve Chapel Hill well. Here are the election results for the last 4 cycles (eight years.) Voters can vote for up to 4 candidates for the Town Council. I ran and lost in 2013 which was the year with the lowest turnout: only 63% of this year's turn out. However, only about 17.5% voted this year. This is still a much lower rate than my hometown of Tiffin, Ohio.

2017 (about 7324 ballots)

Hongbin Gu 5,883 20.1%

Karen Stegman 5,684 19.4%

Allen Buansi 5,410 18.5%

Rachel Schaevitz 5,076 17.3%

Ed Harrison 3,767 12.9%

Maria T. Palmer 2,821 9.6%

Carl Schuler 560 1.9%

Write-In (Miscellaneous) 95 0.3%

2011 (about 6134 ballots)

Donna Bell 4,227 17.13%

Jim Ward 3,991 16.18%

Lee Storrow 3,915 15.87%

Matt Czajkowski 3,790 15.36%

Jason Baker 3,384 13.72%

Jon Dehart 2,446 9.92%

Augustus Cho 1,575 6.38%

Laney Dale 788 3.19%

Carl Schuler 479 1.94%

Write-in (miscellaneous) 74 0.30%

2013 ( 4634 ballots)

Sally Greene 3,634 19.60%

George Cianciolo 3,488 18.82%

Ed Harrison 3,267 17.62%

Maria T. Palmer 3,002 16.19%

Amy Ryan 2,197 11.85%

Loren Hintz 1,606 8.66%

Paul M. Neebe 605 3.26%

D. C. Swinton 347 1.87%

Gary Kahn 221 1.19%

Will Raymond (Write-In) 84 0.45%

Write-in (miscellaneous)80 0.43%

2015 ( 6758 ballots)

Jessica Anderson 5,119 17.02%

Donna C. Bell 4,309 14.33%

Nancy E. Oates 4,251 14.14%

Michael Parker 4,029 13.40%

Jim Ward 3,904 12.98%

David Alan Schwartz 3,727 12.39%

Lee Storrow 3,036 10.10%

Adam W. Jones 867 2.88%

Paul M. Neebe 734 2.44%

Write-In (Miscellaneous) 93 0.31%