Politics & Government
UPDATED: Farmington, Farmington Hills Elections 2013
Campaign season is over, and voters in Farmington and Farmington Hills go to the polls Tuesday to decide local races.
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7:25 p.m. - The polls close at 8 p.m., and we'll be at the Farmington Public Schools Ten Mile Building to await election results with school officials. We'll be updating results here: Farmington, Farmington Hills 2013 Election Results.
1:20 p.m. - Farmington Hills city clerk Pam Smith reports a quiet morning at the polls. The city issued 7,894 absent voter ballots, and at 11:45 a.m., 6,792 had been returned, and two voters were dropping off their ballots. Farmington Hills has a team of workers processing absentee ballots at city hall. As of 12:15 p.m., 125 votes had been cast at the Costick Center (Precinct 13) and 235 at Forest Elementary (Precinct 3).
11:15 a.m. - Several late morning voters were at Farmington City Hall, the Precinct 1 polling place, and around 90 walk-in ballots had been cast. City clerk Sue Halberstadt reported a quiet morning. Of the more than 1,100 absent voter ballots requested, 979 had been returned by election day. In August, 1,023 Farmington ballots had been cast before election day.
Voters in Farmington and Farmington Hills go to the polls Tuesday to elect new city council representatives and to decide the fate of a two-part Farmington Public Schools bond referendum.
Patch will cover the local races throughout the day, right up until the final local votes are reported. Thanks to Oakland County's use of wireless technology, election results should be available shortly after the polls close.
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- Scott, Galvin, Cowley Win Farmington City Council Seats
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7:25 p.m. - The polls close at 8 p.m., and we'll be at the Farmington Public Schools Ten Mile Building to await election results with school officials. We'll be updating results here: Farmington, Farmington Hills 2013 Election Results.
1:20 p.m. - Farmington Hills city clerk Pam Smith reports a quiet morning at the polls. The city issued 7,894 absent voter ballots, and at 11:45 a.m., 6,792 had been returned, and two voters were dropping off their ballots. Farmington Hills has a team of workers processing absentee ballots at city hall. As of 12:15 p.m., 125 votes had been cast at the Costick Center (Precinct 13) and 235 at Forest Elementary (Precinct 3).
11:15 a.m. - Several late morning voters were at Farmington City Hall, the Precinct 1 polling place, and around 90 walk-in ballots had been cast. City clerk Sue Halberstadt reported a quiet morning. Of the more than 1,100 absent voter ballots requested, 979 had been returned by election day. In August, 1,023 Farmington ballots had been cast before election day.
Voters in Farmington and Farmington Hills go to the polls Tuesday to elect new city council representatives and to decide the fate of a two-part Farmington Public Schools bond referendum.
Patch will cover the local races throughout the day, right up until the final local votes are reported. Thanks to Oakland County's use of wireless technology, election results should be available shortly after the polls close.
We've published elections information, including candidate profiles, under the Elections and Government sections on our site.
Sample ballots are available on the Farmington and Farmington Hills city websites.
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