Vote! Today is election day for Orange County's municipal races

Mayoral candidate and other public office signs are scattered around Chapel Hill and Carrboro. DTH/Kim Martiniuk

The polls close at 7:30 tonight, and Chapel Hill’s ideological tilt for the next two years will be decided soon after.

Augustus Cho, Matt Czajkowski and Mark Kleinschmidt have been campaigning for the position since July, after outgoing mayor Kevin Foy announced in May he would not seek re-election.

The mayor will direct the Town Council in addressing issues like transportation, the environment and the development of Franklin Street.

Kleinschmidt, an eight-year council veteran, has notched endorsements from the local chapters of the Sierra Club and the NAACP and got an endorsement from Foy on Friday.

Meanwhile, Czajkowski has the support from much of the business community.

The Chapel Hill mayoral race is too close to call, according to poll data released by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling organization located in Raleigh.

Tom Jensen, communications director of Public Policy Polling, said turnout will be crucial.

“It should be a close one,” he said in a news release. “It’s all going to come down to who can get their people out to the polls.”

The two leading mayoral candidates appear neck and neck, with 45 percent of all respondents favoring Czajkowski and 44 percent favoring Kleinschmidt. This is within the margin of error.

Three percent indicated that they planned to vote for Cho.

Three incumbents and five challengers are also vying for four open Town Council seats.

Where do I cast my vote?

If you live in the Spencer or Kenan communities, you vote at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 E. Rosemary St.

If you live in Carmichael Residence Hall or the Avery, Ehringhaus or Morrison communities, you vote at the Paul Green Theater at the Center for Dramatic Art, 102 Country Club Road.

If you live in the Olde Campus Upper Quad, Olde Campus Lower Quad, Cobb or Connor communities, you vote at the General Administration Building, 910 Raleigh Road.

If you live in the Craige or Hinton James communities, you vote at the Chapel Hill Kehillah at 1200 Mason Farm Road.

If you live in Mill Creek Apartments, you vote at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 E. Rosemary St.

If you live in Town House or Mill Creek apartments, you vote at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 E. Rosemary St.

If you live in Carrboro between Main Street and Shelton Street, you vote at Carrboro Town Hall at 301 W. Main St.
 

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