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What Does A Vote In Century Cost? Candidates File Finance Reports
October 4, 2010
Candidates for three council seats in Century have raised a total of almost $3 for each registered voter in Century’s primary election scheduled for Tuesday.
As of late last week, the six candidates had received a total of $3,183.25 in cash and in-kind contributions. There are 1,081 voters registered for Tuesday’s election.
Click a candidate’s name below to read their complete campaign finance reports for the entire campaign.
Century Council Seat 3
Henry Hawkins
Jacke Johnston
Robert Lasher
During the most recent reporting period, Robert Lasher reported one $50 cash contribution from Don Ripley and a $250 in-kind donation from Terri Sanders for signage. During the entire campaign, he reported just three expenditures — $300 to the Tri-City Ledger for advertising, $219.24 for signs and $48 for the office qualifying fee. Lasher received a total of $580 in cash and spent $567.24, leaving a $12.76 balance headed into election week.
Challenger Jacke Johnston reported a $30 in-kind contribution of business cards and pamphlets from John B. Johnston and expenses during the reporting period. Johnston spend $374.50 on signs, with $424.50 in total expenses out of $452 in contributions during her campaign. Her campaign fund balance as of September 30 was $27.50.
Incumbent Henry Hawkins reported no contributions and no expenditures during the most recent period. Overall, Hawkins reported $200 in contributions, all from Julie Booth-Moran. He spend $48 on qualifying and $129 on labels for signs, leaving him with a $13 balance.
Century Council Seat 4
Gary Riley was re-elected to his seat 4 post on the council with no challenger. He contributed the $48 qualifying fee to his own campaign.
Century Council Seat 5
Annie Carter Savage
Sandra McMurray-Jackson
The largest campaign war chest belonged to Annie Carter Savage, with $1,097.85 in contributions as of end of the most recent reporting period last Thursday. During the September 11-30 reporting period, Savage reported one contribution — $2.85 in cash from the Southern Pit Stop gas station. Her campaign expenditures included $129 in gas, $38.14 for printer ink and copy paper, and her $48 qualifying fee. She did not report purchasing any signs or advertisements as of September 30. Savage reported a balance of $829.84.
Sandra McMurray-Jackson reported total contributions of $460.40 as of September 30 and total expenditures of $433.40. During the last reporting period, she reported a $385.40 contribution from her Jackson-McMurray Funeral Service and an equal expenditure to Xtreme Graphix in Jay for campaign signs. Other than her funeral home, there were no other outside contributors to McMurray-Jackson’s campaign.
Pictured top: A group of political signs near Showalter Park in Century. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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“What Does A Vote In Century Cost?”:
of course it isn’t actually the cost of a vote because just raising or spending the money does not guarantee any votes at all.