Last week, 5,993 of y’all turned out to vote for two City Council seats and three School Board seats—that’s 26 percent of all registered voters. About 600 more city residents voted this year than in May 2004, due in part to massive voter registration efforts in the November 2004 presidential election, which added about 2,000 new voters to the City’s rolls. Voter turnout in 2002 was 22 percent.
City Council
Dave Norris (D): 3,947
Julian Taliaferro (D): 3,745
Rob Schilling (R): 2,460
Write-ins: 60
Total votes cast: 10,212
School Board
Ned Michie: 3,101
Leah Puryear: 2,426
Juandiego Wade: 2,370
Sue Lewis: 2,077
Charles Kollmansperger: 1,695
Vance High: 760
Write-ins: 41
Total votes cast: 12,470
