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Showing posts with label Election 2013. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

2013 Election Results Infographic: The Pie Chart Edition

Those of you who know me know how much I love the opportunity to express data in visual formats, like charts and maps and so on. So, here are a series of graphs showing the results of Tuesday's election in visual terms.

Most of the pie charts should be self-explanatory, but I added a brief description below most of them anyway.

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Mayor Results




Vote split between the different Aldermen. People could vote for a maximum of three candidates in this race.


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Voter Turnout expressed as a percentage.


Voter participation in the Aldermen races. There are 2618 registered voters and there was a maximum number of 7854 possible votes in those races, so if someone only voted for one or two Aldermen, there other votes still counted as not participating in the election.

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Voter participation in the Mayoral race. I counted the three write ins as not participating because the votes were not cast for a declared candidate.



Votes by method of voting in the Mayoral race:

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Votes by method of voting in the Aldermen races (in order of finish):

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

2013 Election Results in Franklin, NC



The last three hours have been hectic, so please forgive me for not updating the blog until now.

FINAL VOTE TALLY

MAYOR


Bob Scott -- 493 -- 72.82%
Sissy Pattillo- 181 -- 26.74%

ALDERMAN (Top three are seated)

Barbara McRae -------- 373 -- 19.88%
Patti Halyburton Abel -- 337 -- 17.96%
Billy Mashburn -------- 292 -- 15.57%

Video of Bob Scott at The Rathskeller:



Today is Election Day in Franklin
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Election 2013

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TODAY
POLLS OPEN 6:30AM TO 7:30PM


Today is election day and I'll be in town from 6am until probably after 9pm today and will be providing updates throughout the day on social media using the hashtag #FranklinNC on Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook.


I will also be adding updates here from time to time today, so if you don't use social media, please check this article every couple of hours or so.

I have several friends in the local races for Mayor and Aldermen seats on the Franklin Town Board and I would like to see them all win, even if there are more of them than there are available seats. The ones that don't win tonight, I'd like for them to keep in mind that there will be three Aldermen seats open in 2015.

ELECTION DAY WEATHER FORECAST

Perfect voting weather today with mostly sunny with highs in the 60s and light winds. For those of you who are registered to vote in Franklin and Highlands...there is no excuse not to vote today. Unless you voted early.


UPDATES


Updates will be posted in reverse chronological order so you won't have to scroll to the bottom of the page to see if I have posted anything new.


Update #4 Blogger won't let me add the update to this post, so click here to see the fourth update.


Update #3 4:00pm

I spent about an hour at the town hall this afternoon and conducted an exit poll, but will not be releasing the results until the polls close at 7:30pm tonight.


39 people voted in the hour I was there and 252 so far had voted as of 3:20pm this afternoon. Many of the candidates continued to work the polls, and at one time or another today, all of them have been present.

Here are a few of the photos I took while I was there:











Update #2 8:30am

According to poll workers, as of 8:30 am, only 28 people had voted. 327 had participated in early voting.

Here are a few of the photos I took while I was at the town hall:


 Franklin Town Hall and Candidates for Office


Campaigning for Office
From left to right: Alderman Bob Scott (running for Mayor), Angela Hubbs Moore (running for Alderman), Emmanuel Carrion (running for Alderman), Donnie Abel (husband of Patti Abel), Patti Halyburton Abel (running for Alderman) and Adam Kimsey (running for Alderman).


Pastries and Coffee
Angela Hubbs Moore baked some snacks and made some coffee to hand out to voters.


Campaign Signs
Here is a look at the campaign signs in daylight


An air ambulance landing at Angel Medical Center
This is not election related, but the Town Hall is next to the landing pattern for MAMA-2 and I can't help myself when it comes to taking photos of aircraft.



Update #1 7:30am

I was at the polling location at the town hall before they opened this morning and took a few photos. Poll workers told me that less than 300 people took the opportunity to vote early in this election.


Here they are, in no particular order (click on any of them to see a larger version):


The polls are open in Franklin


Campaign Signs


More campaign signs


And even more campaign signs


This guy was at the town hall before I was


Angela Hubbs Moore setting up a table at town hall


Bob Scott was there early putting balloons on his sign


The Campaign Dead Zone

Thursday, October 10, 2013

League of Women Voters Host Mayoral Forum Today

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The Macon County League of Women Voters hosted a forum for the candidates who are running for Mayor of the Town of Franklin today at noon.

Here is the video of the complete forum.



I will be cutting the video up into segments overnight and will post them by question and by candidate tomorrow and Saturday.

About fifty people attended the forum, and barely more than ten of them were registered voters inside the city limits.

Learn more about the candidates at the following links:

Sissy Patillo [Facebook]
Bob Scott  [Facebook] 
[Website]

Early voting begins next Thursday.




Wednesday, September 25, 2013

League of Women Voters and Venture Local Franklin Host a Hangout with the Candidates

Macon Bank Corporate Center
Photo and Title ©2013 Bobby Coggins

The League of Women Voters and Venture Local Franklin hosted a Hangout with the Candidates last night at Macon Bank were the candidates for Aldermen and Mayor had the opportunity to draw from a pool of four questions and answer them, then could address any other topic or speak about their campaign within a six minute time limit. Nine of the ten candidates for Alderman and both the candidates for Mayor were in attendance and everyone gave a good account of themselves. 

A video of the full event is embedded below, along with a few photos and some of the slides from the presentation at the event.


I would like to thank the local League of Women Voters and Venture Local Franklin for teaming up to host this event for the community. Both organizations contribute a great deal to our community and we are blessed to have these groups of civic-minded people volunteering their skills to help their neighbors. Here are some links to help you find out more about these organizations:

League of Women Voters 


Venture Local Franklin


Here is a slide show of the photos that turned out good enough to share:

Thunder-Pig's 2013 Hangout with the Candidates album on Photobucket








Monday, July 29, 2013

Bob Scott for Mayor Campaign Event on the Greenway

Bob Scott and Candidates for Alderman
Pictured (L-R) are 7 of the 10 candidates for the Town Board of Aldermen: Angela Hubbs Moore, Mack Brogden, Barbara McRae, Emmanuel Carrion, W.H. Derrick, Adam Kimsey, Patti Halyburton Abel, and candidate for Mayor Bob Scott.


The Bob Scott for Mayor campaign hosted a Meet the Candidate Social on the Greenway at the Big Bear Shelter on NE Main Street on Friday evening. The event featured the musical talents of the Southern Appalachian Boys, light refreshments and an opportunity to meet Bob Scott, who is running for Mayor of Franklin, NC.

The candidate for Mayor invited those running for seats on the Town Board of Aldermen to make use of this opportunity to meet the voters. 7 of the 10 people running for the 3 open seats on the town board accepted the invitation. 


There were no formal campaign speeches by the candidates who were at the event, who mingled with the crowd instead of speechifying. 

The Bob Scott for Mayor campaign maintains a Facebook page and a website.

I was there and took a little video and some photos that I combined into a video montage.



Media Note

If other local media outlets post coverage this event, I will post the links in this section.

A couple other members of the media were present and a couple were absent. Past coverage of local political events in the local media has been weird. The local papers seem to mostly have a hands off policy on covering the events hosted by local campaigns or party functions. I have even noted that a paper will sometimes send a photographer or reporter, but no story on the event is ever published. Not me. If I am aware of an event, and it is free and open to the public, I will cover it. 

Media Roll Call

Present 
Macon Media (me)
The Franklin Press (photographer only)
The Highlands Paper (the reporter may not have been on assignment)

Absent
Macon County News
WFSC-AM/WNCC-FM
The Smoky Mountain News