Circuit judge race goes to runoff


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Circuit judge race goes to runoff
• Harvell wins county school board seat

By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer

Marshall County voters will go back to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 21, to vote in a runoff election between Shirley Byers and Robert W. Elliott for the Third District, Place 2, Circuit Judge position.

District-wide, Elliott led the ticket in the November 7 general election and Byers finished second. Official district-wide totals were not yet available from the Secretary of State’s office.

In Marshall County, Byers took 54.24 percent of the votes (4,116), Kent Smith 29.63 percent (2,249 votes) and Elliott 16.10 percent (1,222), according to official election results provided by circuit clerk Lucy Carpenter.

In Benton County, Byers led with 838 votes, while Elliott received 636 and Smith 616, according to circuit clerk Martha Mitchell.

In the Marshall County School Board District 3 race between Felicia Anderson-Harvell and Janice Wagg, Harvell was the winner taking 696 votes to Wagg’s 281.

Six precincts participated in the school board election: 3 Cayce, 4 Victoria, 4 Warsaw, 1 Red Banks, 2 North Holly Springs and 3 Byhalia, with Harvell taking all six precincts. Harvell received 163 votes and Wagg 28 at the 3 Cayce precinct; at 4 Victoria, Harvell took 187 votes to Wagg’s 38 votes; at 4 Warsaw, Harvell received 64 votes and Wagg five votes; at 1 Red Banks, Harvell received 29 votes and Wagg took 23; at 3 Byhalia, Harvell received 242 votes and Wagg took 185; and Harvell received 11 votes and Wagg took two votes at 2 North Holly Springs.

Precinct results from the Nov. 7 general election in the circuit court judge race show the following:

1 North Holly Springs: Elliott 11.06 %; Smith 16.70 %

1 Red Banks: Byers 49.06 %; Elliott 13.96 %; Smith 36.98 %

1 West Holly Springs: Byers 82.98 %; Elliott 4.97 %; Smith 12.05 %

2 North Cayce: Byers 57.59 %; Elliott 18.85 %; Smith 23.56 %

2 Early Grove: Byers 67.21%; Elliott 5.74 %; Smith 27.05 %

2 Hudsonville: Byers 49.40 %; Elliott 11.96 %; Smith 38.04 %

2 Mt. Pleasant: Byers 35.94%; Elliott 16.93%; Smith 47.14%

2 North Holly Springs: Byers 69.59%; Elliott 10.97%; Smith 19.44%

2 Slayden: Byers 53.33%; Elliott 20.00%; Smith 26.67%

3 Barton: Byers 36.33%; Elliott 40.67%; Smith 22.67%

3 Byhalia: Byers 43.40%; Elliott 16.54%; Smith 40.06%

3 Cayce: Byers 63.53%; Elliott 12.46%; Smith 24.01%

4 Chulahoma: Byers 86.57%; Elliott 4.24%; Smith 9.19%

4 Laws Hill: Byers 56.16%; Elliott 14.38%; Smith 29.45%

4 Marianna: Byers 65.11%; Elliott 8.51%; Smith 26.38%

4 Victoria: Byers 67.84%; Elliott 11.45%; Smith 20.70%

4 Warsaw: Byers 67.24%; Elliott 9.20%; Smith 23.56%

4 Watson: Byers 49.46%; Elliott 11.96%; Smith 38.04%

4 Wall Hill: Byers 53.68%; Elliott 5.26%; Smith 41.05%

5 Bethlehem: Byers 12.25%; Elliott 24.51%; Smith 63.24%

5 Cornersville: Byers 4.40%; Elliott 36.26%; Smith 59.34%

5 Potts Camp: Byers 28.44%; Elliott 23.56%; Smith 48.00%

5 Holly Springs: Byers 46.17%; Elliott 25.75%; Smith 28.07%

5 Waterford: Byers 38.65%; Elliott 21.99%; Smith 39.36%

Official election results show 7,869 out of 18,760 registered voters in Marshall County (41.94 percent) participated in the Nov. 7 general election.

Voter turnout was about 10 percent higher than in previous mid-term elections, Carpenter said.

About 350 voters cast absentee ballots, another indication voter interest was high in this election, she said.

Absentee ballots will be available sometime this week for the Nov. 21 runoff election.

Voters who are disabled, students or who expect to be temporarily out of town and who requested an absentee ballot in the mail for the Nov. 7 election, will automatically be mailed absentee ballots, Carpenter said. Others who wish to vote absentee should call the circuit clerk’s office at 662-252-3434 to determine when absentee ballots will be available.

Carpenter said the circuit clerk’s office will be open Saturday, Nov. 18, from 8 a.m. until noon for absentee voting.

Mailed out ballots must be returned and in the circuit clerk’s mail box no later than Monday, Nov. 20, at 5 p.m. in order to be included in the vote count, Carpenter said.

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