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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Czajkowski campaign reports stolen posters

By Sarah Frier

10/30/2009

Mayoral candidate Matt Czajkowski's on-campus campaign manager reported that of the 60 signs he put up in the main section of campus, only four remain.

Kendall Law said a campus group replaced the Czajkowski campaign's signs.

The campaign doesn't plan to replace them.

"If they're just going to be taken down in that magnitude I don't think we're going to waste good money on that," Law said.

Wolff calls for Czajkowski to leave race

By Mark Abadi

09/29/2009

Chapel Hill mayoral candidate Kevin Wolff will ask current town council member Matt Czajkowski to withdraw from the mayoral race in Wednesday's Chapel Hill News, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported.

First person applies for Strom seat

Sarah Morayati

09/24/2009

Chapel Hill has its first applicant for former town council member Bill Strom’s seat.

Joshua R. Ravitch, of Chapel Hill, is the first and so far the only person to file, Chapel Hill communications and public affairs director Sabrina Oliver said.

Ravitch is a strategic consultant in the Raleigh-Durham area and the secretary of the Chapel Hill Kehillah Board, a Jewish organization.

Strom buys New York apartment

Mark Abadi

09/21/2009

Bill Strom, the former Chapel Hill Town Council member who resigned midway through his term this summer, purchased an apartment in New York Aug. 5, the (Raleigh) News and Observer reported Friday.

Strom and his wife, Jennifer, bought the Manhattan apartment four days after he resigned for $625,000, according to New York public records.

Ashley hosts press conference, outlines goals

Seth Crawford

09/17/2009

Carrboro mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley held her first press conference today at noon at Weaver Street Market. The self-proclaimed trans-lesbian Wiccan feminist formally introduced herself to the public as challenger against incumbent mayor Mark Chilton.

Election Schedule

Oct. 2: Ballots available for absentee voting.

Oct. 9: Voter registration deadline. Postmarked or in elections office.

Oct. 15: One stop (early) voting begins. Citizens may register and vote during the one-stop period if they failed to register before the Oct. 9 deadline.

Oct. 27: Requests for by-mail absentee voting ends. Requests must be received in writing.

Oct. 31: One stop (early) voting ends at 1 p.m.

Nov. 3: Election day

Nov. 10: Official County canvass.

Nov. 16: Certificates of election issued by county Board of Election.

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