The election for Districts 4, 5, and 7 is today, Saturday May 9, 2015. All voting is at the Lamar County Courthouse Annex, located in the 200 block of Lamar Avenue in downtown Paris.
The candidates will appear on the ballots in the following order:
For City Council Member District No. 4:
- Richard Grossnickle
- Steve Clifford
For City Council Member District No. 5:
- Grover “Michael” Gladfelter
- Matt Frierson
- Linda Su Knox
For City Council Member District No. 7:
- J. Hashmi
- Denise Hutto Moffitt
The Paris City Council races brought out nearly double the number of early voters compared to last year. During the seven days that the polls were open for early voting, 900 votes were cast. Last year when three seats were also open on the Paris City Council, there was just 431 ballots cast during early voting.
In addition, Lamar County Elections Administrator Tricia Johnson released that 49 mail in ballots were also received. Of the mail in ballots, 24 were for the District 4 race; 5 were for District 5; and 20 were mailed in for District 7.
eParisExtra.com will have election results posted Saturday night as soon as they are released.