Country Club precinct’s Chief Judge Carol Hazard said votes at her precinct are where she expected — but she wishes more students came out to cast a ballot.
“If you don’t vote for people who are looking for your interests, you’re shooting yourself in the foot,” she said.
The expected number of voters had cast their ballot at Country Club precinct’s poll shortly after 1 p.m., officials said.
Thirty-two residents had voted at the precinct, which includes the Chapel Hill mayor, Chapel Hill Town Council, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, and the quarter-cent sales tax referendum on its ballot.
In addition, the precinct had received six provisional ballots.
“I think that clearly there are a lot of problems with the higher levels of government and the local elections are just as important to making change as the presidential election,” said Julia Howland-Myers, a Junior dramatic arts major from Winston-Salem who voted at the precinct.
“And I care about how our local government affects the University,” she said.
Tanya Witlen, a senior environmental science major from New Jersey, also cast her vote.
“It’s my democratic duty. I just don’t want to be a statistic.”
Townsend Ludington, who was working at the poll, said he expects a good turnout today.
“I expect we’ll be up to 75 by the end of the day,” he said.
Hazard said most local residents vote in elections.
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