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Cho watches in the background
By Anika Anand
11/04/2009

Mayoral candidate Augustus Cho enjoyed a quiet dinner at Spice Street with his daughter, Courtney Cho, and his campaign manager Melodie Parrish as he waited for the election results to be announced Tuesday night.

Cho received 217 votes – 2.68 percent of the vote – for Chapel Hill mayor.

Business interests say election was worth it
Mark Abadi
11/04/2009

The only candidate running on a business-oriented platform to win Tuesday night was Town Council member-elect Gene Pease.

But although the mayoral candidate for the business interests lost Tuesday, Matt Czajkowski’s supporters maintain that their efforts were not in vain.

Elections 2009
Pohlman as 5th place finisher raises questions about appointment
By Ben Allison
11/04/2009

Matt Pohlman placed fifth in voting in the Chapel Hill Town Council elections.

That means he's the "fifth-place finisher" concerned citizens have been petitioning to add to the council's vacant seat. Pohlman applied for the spot in addition to running for the four spots up for election. 

Voting is slow
By Steven Norton and Kelly Poe
11/03/2009

Voter turnout for Orange County municipality elections has been very slow
thus far, said Orange County Board of Elections director Tracy Reams. Specific numbers aren’t yet available.

Regular voting for Orange County municipal elections kicked off at 6:30 a.m. 

Only 37 votes by 10:30 at one polling place
By Mark Abadi
11/03/2009

Voter turnout was slow this morning, but that didn’t stop two supporters from campaigning for Mark Kleinschmidt.

Signs outnumber votes
By Mark Abadi
11/03/2009

At the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Administrative Office, campaign signs outnumbered actual voters more than four hours into polling: At 10:52 p.m., 27 ballots were cast despite the 40 signs advertising candidates on the lawn.

In the Pit, Homecoming election overshadows municipal election
By Sarah Morayati
11/03/2009

It's Election Day and the Pit is full of campaign signs.

Homecoming campaign signs.

Compared to the tall A-frame signs that lined the entire length of the Pit, the few campaigners for municipal elections by Lenoir seemed to be swallowed up by comparison.

Only 60 have voted at Holy Trinity Lutheran
By Kelly Poe
11/03/2009

Voter turnout in today's municipal election continues to be slow.

About 60 people have voted so far at the Holy Trinity Lutheran on East
Franklin, said poll worker Iris Schwincter.

"It's about what I expected," she said.

You can vote anywhere (but don't tell)
By Mark Abadi
11/03/2009

It’s the best-kept secret of the elections, and unfortunately so, said one poll worker.

Regardless of which precinct residents are zoned for, voters may cast their ballots at any polling place Chapel Hill voting site.

Wolff laying low
By Matt McGibney
11/03/2009

Kevin Wolff’s name is still on the ballot for Chapel Hill mayor, but you won’t see him around campaigning.

Steve Hill, his former campaign manager, said that Wolff decided not to campaign today, but did encourage the other candidates to be visible in the town.

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