Voters return to the polls a week from tomorrow to choose the city's next mayor and decide a seat on the city council.
In the race for mayor, the incumbent Mayor Joe Macon faces former council member Earnestine Pittman, the top vote winner during a four-way race in November. She received nearly 40 percent of the votes. Here is a voter guide to be informed about the candidates.
The other race is for the Ward A at-large seat between Sharonda Hubbard and council member Greg Fann.
An issue for candidates is getting supporters back to the polls when many people have Christmas shopping on their minds, not politics.
In 2005, the voter turnout for the mayoral runoff election was just 18 percent. The win gave Mayor Joe Macon his first term. This past November race, the turn out was about 22 percent. (One thing about run off elections, if you are an eligible voter, you can cast a ballot even if you did not vote in November.)
In an effort to rally their faithful, the candidates have a final push to reach supporters. Pittman posted a "final campaign flyer" on her Web site. Macon recently organized a phone bank to reach out to residents.
If you don't want to vote next Tuesday, early voting is taking place on Nov 23, 24 and 25th from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.:
City of College Park
3631 Main Street
College Park, GA 30337
Adamsville Recreational Center
3201 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SW
Atlanta, GA 30311
(404) 505-3181
South Service Center
5600 Stonewall Tell Road, Room 105
(404) 612-3050
Fulton County Government Center (Downtown)
141 Pryor Street, Suite 4064
(404) 612-7060
