Elections
News and opinions related to local elections.
The editors of OrangePolitics are excited to announce our live online candidate forums for the upcoming elections for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town Council, and the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners.
We are also excited to host an informal Conversation With the Mayors, which will include the candidates in all three of the county’s uncontested mayoral races.
Please note that there is only one Saturday and no early voting on Sundays. Thanks to School Board Member James Barrett for this helpful matrix:
County web site: "October 17 - November 2 - Early Voting is Available. Same Day Registration is allowed."
Date:
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 9:00am to Saturday, November 2, 2013 - 1:00pm
Learn more at http://orangepolitics.org/elections-2013 and http://orangecountync.gov/elect
Date:
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 6:30am to 7:30pm
In spite of the Orange County Board of Elections best attempts to stop anyone from doing this (see original PDF) I have copied the list of candiates and reformatted it into a vaguely readable list. If possible I will clean this up in a few days.
Most of these candidates will be joining us at our annual Candidate Coming Out Party today at 5:30 pm in downtown Chapel Hill, and I hope you will join us too. See all the details and RSVP on Facebook.
The Chapel Hill Town Council race will be where the party is. There are 10 candiates running for four seats, and only two incumbents.I expect the challengers have some pretty smart and interesting things to say, and some of them even have experience with local issues. For some voters, there are will be hard decisions, for some there will be clear favorites.
It's also very interesting that both our incumbent Hillsborough and Chapel Hill mayors and the unofficially-annointed challenger in Carrboro will all be running unopposed. When Lydia Lavelle takes office in December, I belive that we might be the only county in the nation with two openly-gay mayors! (Can someone fact-check me on that?)
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, and Hillsborough Board of Town Commissioners also mustered more candidates than seats so there will be competitive races there.
Hello Orange Politics friends - I filed on July 5 to run for Hillsborough Town Board, below is my "why I am running" statement. Thanks for reading!
Why I am running for Town Board
Hillsborough is a wonderful place
to live. Its historic small town charm, tightly knit community, diversity, and
commitment to parks and walkability make it a true gem of the Triangle. As more
people discover Hillsborough, our greatest challenge will be maintaining our
small town charm while making the town an affordable place to live, work, and
play.
If I am elected to represent you
on the Town Board, I would work to guide Hillsborough through this time of
intense interest from developers to make wise choices about the kinds of
development we approve. We need to
consider traffic, water and sewer needs, affordability, accessibility, and the
aesthetic contribution any development or major change we make.
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