JONESBORO — In a report given at the Dec. 4 Jonesboro City Council work session, the final cost of the city’s November general election was nearly $27,000.
The report — by City Clerk and Elections Superintendent Melissa Brooks — listed the final cost at $26,925,75.
That number came in at about $5,000 more than the March 21 special election as that election cost was $22,404.39.
The majority of the expenses was for poll workers as $14,263 was paid out to poll workers, compared to $9,336.09 in the spring special election.
In the March special election, the city hired three poll workers while five were hired in the November election.
In July, the City Council rejected a proposal from Clayton County to run the election at a cost of $11,740.
Turnout was 19.2% (485 voters out of 2,523 total registered voters) for the November election compared to 18% (443 out of 2,502) in the March special election.
“The numbers are improving,” Brooks said. “Hopefully, they will continue to improve.”
During early voting, 315 voters while with 170 voters cast ballots on the Nov. 7 Election Day.
Jonesboro Mayor Donya Sartor won her first full term as mayor as she received 234 votes while Pat Sebo-Hand finished second with 170 votes and Arlene Charles in third with 81.
Sartor won a special election in the spring to fill the unexpired term of long-time Mayor Joy Day, who resigned.
Sartor and Sebo-Hand faced off against each other in the spring special election with similar results.
In that race, Sartor beat Sebo-Hand 263-180.
In the election for City Council, incumbents Alfred Dixon and Tracey Messick retained their seats while Asjah Miller was elected for the first time.
Alfred Dixon was the top vote-getter with 279 votes in the six-person race for the three at-large posts.
Tracey Messick received 245 votes and Miller 211.
Cameron Dixon got 149 votes, Penny…
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