FYI: I get this message: "The form has become outdated.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%
