Columbus records 197, 844 votes in 2017 general elections

Jarrod Skinner wins Judge of Municipal Court (FTC 1/3/18)

Unofficial totals from the Franklin Board of Elections, Columbus, Ohio in the November 7, 2017 elections released this morning by the board showed that 197,844 (23.17%) of those registered in Franklin County voted in yesterday’s 2017 general election.

State Issue 1 – Victims Rights got 81percent ‘Yes’ Vote and 19 percent ‘No’ vote while State Issue 2 – Prescription Drugs got 76percent ‘No’ vote and 24percet ‘Yes’ vote.

A statement by the spokesperson, Aaron Sellers said that, “Election totals for Franklin County as well as overlapping precincts from contiguous counties will be posted on our website at http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov.”

He added that, “the board of elections can begin the official canvass of general election ballots by November 18 and certify vote totals no later than November 28.”

Results as released: -

State Issue 1 - Victims Rights

YES        

158,072

                81%

NO        

36,400

                19%

State Issue 2 - Prescription Drugs

NO        

147,189

                76%

YES        

45,412

                24%

Judge of Municipal Court (FTC 1/1/18); 1 to be elected

Andrea C. Peeples          

105,499

                65%

George W. Leach            

51,366

                32%

Edward Lewis Pfau         

5,804

                4%

Judge of Municipal Court (FTC 1/2/18); 1 to be elected

Cindi Morehart

94,980

                59%

Sean McCarthy

65,973

                41%

Judge of Municipal Court (FTC 1/3/18); 1 to be elected

Jarrod B. Skinner             

93,181

                60%

Glenn P. Willer 

61,268

                40%

Judge of Municipal Court (UTE 12/31/19); 1 to be elected

Jodi Thomas      

79,285

                50%

Morgan Marie Masters

66,042

                41%

Keith J. Nowak 

14,529

                9%

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For the Tax Levy              

156,378

                81%

Against the Tax Levy     

36,765

                19%

City of Columbus - Auditor; 1 to be elected

Megan N. Kilgore            

69,755

                77%

Bob Mealy         

20,820

                23%

City of Columbus - City Attorney; 1 to be elected

Zach Klein           

68,055

                72%

Don Kline            

26,855

                28%

City of Columbus - Member of Council; 3 to be elected

Priscilla R. Tyson              

59,444

                24%                                                                               

Shannon G. Hardin         

58,744

                23%

Mitchell J. Brown            

51,750

                21%

Jasmine Ayres  

30,473

                12%

Will Petrik           

26,103

                10%

Kieran Cartharn

21,866

                9%

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