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Poarch Creek Indian Tribal Council Election Results Announced
June 2, 2019
Results of the 2019 Poarch Creek Indian Tribal Council election held Saturday have been announced.
Charlotte Meckel won the secretary position with 703 vote to 688 for Candace Fayard.
For treasurer, a runoff will be held August 1 between Amy Bryan, who received 575 votes, and Sandy Fretwell Hollinger who had 507 votes Saturday. Eddie Leon Tullis received 317 votes and was eliminated from the running.
In a field of seven candidates, Dewitt Carter received 494 votes to be elected to an at-large tribal council seat. The next two top vote getters were Megan Young with 319 and John O’Barr with 243.
Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Poarch Creek Indian Tribal Council Election Results Announced”
@ Curious:
I’m guessing that because they are the only 2 running for that position.
The voters are going to cast the same votes with the same results.
Amy and Dewitt good effort getting in there. Great job. A vote of confidence should count for something also. I would not want that Treasurer spot for no amount of money anyone can grant me. That area is getting real muggy as the days go by. Good luck to all involved.
>>Just curious. Why is there a runoff for treasurer and not secretary too?
I don’t specifically know the PCI election rules, but runoffs usually happen when one candidate does not receive more than 50% of the vote. That was the case in the treasurer race…a winner would have needed 701 votes. In the secretary race, Meckel received more than 50% of the vote.
(But apparently it’s different rules for the at large seat? The winner had the most votes, but not 50%.)
Just curious. Why is there a runoff for treasurer and not secretary too? Vote count was even closer on secretary.
I don’t really know any of these people, just curious what constitutes a runoff.