Election Results 2009!
UPDATE: Now with results!
Okay, gang, here's your space for discussing elections results as they roll in.
You can check on the County's unofficial returns here:
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/Orange/11018/18025/en/summary.html
Official results are usually certified a few days after the election.
Wednesday morning update:
+ indicates winners
TOWN OF CARRBORO MAYOR (Vote For 1) |
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8 of 8 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
| Amanda Ashley | | 7.43% | 171 | Mark H. Chilton +
| | 72.06% | 1,658 | | Brian D. Voyce | | 19.56% | 450 | | Write-In | | 0.96% | 22 |
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2,301 |
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TOWN OF CARRBORO ALDERMAN (Vote For 3) |
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8 of 8 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
| Sharon Cook | | 14.89% | 903 | Jacquelyn M. Gist +
| | 24.84% | 1,507 | Randee Haven-O'Donnell +
| | 23.92% | 1,451 | | Tim Peck | | 11.49% | 697 | Sammy Slade +
| | 24.09% | 1,461 | | Write-In | | 0.77% | 47 |
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6,066 |
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TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL MAYOR (Vote For 1) |
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21 of 21 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
| Augustus Cho | | 2.68% | 217 | | Matt Czajkowski | | 46.53% | 3,766 | Mark Kleinschmidt +
| | 49.49% | 4,006 | | Kevin Wolff | | 1.16% | 94 | | Write-In | | 0.14% | 11 |
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8,094 |
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TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL (Vote For 4) |
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21 of 21 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
| Jon Dehart | | 10.73% | 2,827 | Laurin Easthom +
| | 14.67% | 3,866 | Ed Harrison +
| | 14.70% | 3,874 | | Jim Merritt | | 12.20% | 3,214 | Gene Pease +
| | 13.48% | 3,553 | | Matt Pohlman | | 12.70% | 3,346 | | Will Raymond | | 5.55% | 1,462 | Penny Rich +
| | 15.57% | 4,102 | | Write-In | | 0.41% | 107 |
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26,351 |
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TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH MAYOR (Vote For 1) |
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4 of 4 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
Tom Stevens +
| | 94.99% | 341 | | Write-In | | 5.01% | 18 |
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359 |
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TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONER (Vote For 2) |
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4 of 4 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
Frances L. Dancy +
| | 34.35% | 236 | Mike Gering +
| | 42.07% | 289 | | Bryant Kelly Warren, Jr. | | 23.14% | 159 | | Write-In | | 0.44% | 3 |
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687 |
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CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION (Vote For 3) |
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29 of 29 Precincts Reporting |
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Percent | Votes |
Michelle (Shell) Brownstein +
| | 27.35% | 6,861 | | Susana L. Dancy | | 11.32% | 2,841 | J.M. (Joe) Green +
| | 16.33% | 4,097 | | MaryAnne Gucciardi | | 14.87% | 3,731 | | Christine Lee | | 12.35% | 3,097 | Gregory McElveen +
| | 17.34% | 4,351 | | Write-In | | 0.43% | 109 |
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25,087 |
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Comments
VOE win! Off Year Elections Lose...
Congrats to Mark K. and Penny! Their participation in the voter owned election program was super and glad to see those who believe in public financing rewarded! And congrats to all the Carrboro winners, esp newcomer Sammy Slade. And thanks to Tim Peck for running. I'm glad Sharon ran too but was dissapointed by some of her rhetoric such as the comment about the $500k MLK park purchase being a $500k community garden. Re: low turnout - do we really need elections every single year? What if we just ran these local races with the federal elections in even numbered years. More people would vote so you'd have more representative elected officials and presumably save a bunch of money too. I imagine it'll never happen and may even be illegal under state law, but we already do it for county commissioner. Just a thought. Curious what others think... David Beck
election schedule in other NC cities
High Point is the only muncipality holding its elections in the even numbered year. It would take special legislation to go to that system.Winston-Salem, on the other hand, holds its elections in the odd-numbered year, but only every four years, as the Mayor and council are all elected to four-year terms that are NOT staggered. This kind of change does not require approval of the legislature.
Election timing
I was just talking to someone about having local elections with the federal elections last year. It would save money and improve turnout. Seems like a win-win idea to me.
Timing
The historical reasons for our split is because the local jurisdictions want it that way so they don't have to compete with the federal, state and county races. As for this being a "VOE win," the case is not clear --- it needs some work. Not only did the reporting not go as required, there still is that problem with outside "supportive" spending like the "Cam Card." Our voters are pretty smart.
I don't understand
What do you mean by "the reporting did not go as required"?
Report
Was there a 5 days before the election report?
All of our reporting was turned in on time.
I just double checked.
More...
The last report due covered through October 19th and was due on the 26th. Whether they published it or not I don't know, but it was turned in.
Turned in
Your report from 9/23/09 to 10/19/09 is posted. I was talking about this requirement:
Does this mean that no candidates any activity six days before the election?
I can't speak for other candidates...
...but we did everything right. No activity after out last filing. That is correct.
VOE is a win in my book
Thnx for the info Gerry. I like the High Point model more. The W-S model has the potential of everyone getting booted out in one swoop which could create some real continuity problems. VOE is an unqualified win to me Fred. Of course it needs tweaking - what in this world doesn't? But both candidates who particpated won. Which to me is a win! The independent expenditures are an issue regardless of VOE. If someone had done an anonomous mailing for Matt C. then that would be a concern as well. David Beck
Not the same
if one candidate is under a spending limit and the other isn't. Who gets the greatest advantage from outside spending? I believe the one with spending limits does.
Policy Watch agrees with you, David...
...as do I! http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/11/04/voters-owned-elections-in-chap...
"Both candidates who
"Both candidates who participated won" is your criteria for a successful program? That seems odd to me. You could design a lot of programs which generated that outcome (like Iran did this year, for example), but I wouldn't consider successful.
Elucidation
"Both candidates who participated" in the voter-owned elections program "won" their respective races against non-participating candidates. Hope that's all cleared up for ya now.
Relevant here
To the extent that people think that voter-funded election programs are just a way for cranks and marginal candidates to squander taxpayer funds without having much of a chance to win, the fact that both VOE candidates prevailed in hard-fought races is, I think, significant. It's not determinative, but it shows that the program does have a good chance of being a success.
More data
I congratulate the candidates that participated in the VOE (and coincidently) won. I think it makes sense to have N > 2.
Democracy NC & VOE
Democracy NC states that "Public campaign financing reduces the importance of big-time
fundraising, increases the diversity of candidates who can run for
office, and increases accountability to voters." By those criteria, and since Democracy NC was the primary driver of the VOE using their criteria makes sense to me, we won't know whether the program has been a success for at least one more election cycle. Mark and Penny were able to avoid the pressure of fund raising, but since both run previously, we can't say whether we'll see increased diversity of candidates as a result of this program.
Was Bill Strom controlling
Was Bill Strom controlling my mind on election day via satellite from NYC, or did I hear a radio ad on WCHL by Augustus Nader, er, I mean Cho, that had the 70s novelty song "Kung Fu Fighting" playing in the background?
Provisional Ballots
This afternoon, the Orange County Board of Elections reviewed the provisional ballots cast in Orange County and found that 62 of them were valid and should be counted. The ballots covered various races and jurisdictions so not all of them involved the race for CH Mayor, but Kleinschmidt picked up 23 votes, while Czajkowski gained 17. That puts Kleinschmidt 105 votes in the lead in preliminary results. Under state law, the threshold for a recount is having a result that is withn 1% of votes cast, which would be 86 votes in this case.Here's the remaining timeline. There is one more provisional vote that will probably be counted in the part of Chapel Hill that is in Durham County at a Durham Co. BOE meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10. Also this coming Tuesday the Orange Co. BOE will meet and conduct "its official canvas." At which point the final totals will be determined. On Monday Nov. 16, the Board of Elections will issue Certificates of Election, at which point the result is final (short of litigation). Mark Kleinschmidt will then be sworn in as Mayor on Dec. 7.
thanks Mark
I'll see him then!
Certification vs. Concession
Would the certification process still be required if Matt just conceded? And if so, has he not yet conceded the election? And if not, why not?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Henry Lister
I voted.
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