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Students, city to vote Tuesday in race for mayoral, council seats
Joe Astrouski / City Editor
Issue date: 4/6/09 Section: News
Charleston voters head to the polls Tuesday for the city's consolidated election.
Eastern students who live on campus can vote either at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union or at the Newman Catholic Center, 500 Roosevelt Ave., said Coles County Clerk Sue Rennels.
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The election includes races for city mayor, two seats on the city council and one seat on the Charleston school board, according to information from Charleston City Clerk Deborah Muller.
In the mayoral race, voters will choose between incumbent John Inyart and write-in challenger Troy Richey.
Inyart, who is finishing his first term as mayor, ran on what he said is a record of redevelopment and greater enforcement of city housing codes.
During his campaign, Richey called for the city to do more to entice new business and industry.
Voters will also choose two city council members to fill seats now held by Jim Dunn, who is running for re-election, and Lorelei Sims, who is not.
Besides incumbent Dunn, who is completing his third term, five candidates are running for the seats: Jim East, who owns the Lincoln Book Shop at 619 Monroe Ave.; Mike Goble, a building service worker at Eastern; Tim Newell, a teacher at Charleston High School; Ryan Siegel, campus energy and sustainability coordinator at Eastern; and write-in candidate Matthew Hutti, a substitute teacher in the Charleston School District.
Voters will also elect a new member of the Charleston school board.
Four candidates are running for the school board seat: Joe Gisondi, Mark Heise, Tim Hutti and Jack Moore.
Joe Astrouski can be reached at 581-7942 or at jmastrouski@eiu.edu.
Eastern students who live on campus can vote either at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union or at the Newman Catholic Center, 500 Roosevelt Ave., said Coles County Clerk Sue Rennels.
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The election includes races for city mayor, two seats on the city council and one seat on the Charleston school board, according to information from Charleston City Clerk Deborah Muller.
In the mayoral race, voters will choose between incumbent John Inyart and write-in challenger Troy Richey.
Inyart, who is finishing his first term as mayor, ran on what he said is a record of redevelopment and greater enforcement of city housing codes.
During his campaign, Richey called for the city to do more to entice new business and industry.
Student polling places
Voters will also choose two city council members to fill seats now held by Jim Dunn, who is running for re-election, and Lorelei Sims, who is not.
Besides incumbent Dunn, who is completing his third term, five candidates are running for the seats: Jim East, who owns the Lincoln Book Shop at 619 Monroe Ave.; Mike Goble, a building service worker at Eastern; Tim Newell, a teacher at Charleston High School; Ryan Siegel, campus energy and sustainability coordinator at Eastern; and write-in candidate Matthew Hutti, a substitute teacher in the Charleston School District.
Voters will also elect a new member of the Charleston school board.
Four candidates are running for the school board seat: Joe Gisondi, Mark Heise, Tim Hutti and Jack Moore.
Joe Astrouski can be reached at 581-7942 or at jmastrouski@eiu.edu.
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