gatorcast from paul smith » Gainesville http://www.paulsmith.org my weblog & podcast from gainesville florida usa Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:41:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Every Vote Counts http://www.paulsmith.org/index.php/2010/04/every-vote-counts/ http://www.paulsmith.org/index.php/2010/04/every-vote-counts/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:54:34 +0000 paul smith http://www.paulsmith.org/?p=1616 Today the City of Gainesville held a run-off election for Mayor.  It was between a longtime politician and a person with no political experience.  Well, the politician won, but by only 35 VOTES out of more than 12,000 votes casted.  I guess that represents about 16% of the registered voters, which is sad, but considered a good turnout.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Runoff Election
April 13, 2010
**INCLUDES EARLY VOTES AND ABSENTEE**
Registered Voters 72769 – Cards Cast 12187 16.75% Num. Report Precinct 34 – Num. Reporting 34 100.00%
Mayor
Total
Number of Precincts 34
Precincts Reporting 34 100.0%
Times Counted 12187/72769 16.7%
Total Votes 12161
Craig Lowe 6098 50.14%
Don Marsh 6063 49.86%
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