Second year in a row Carterville city council race ties, runoff to decide
CARTERVILLE, Mo. — It’s election day in southwest Missouri with one town asking voters to break a tie from earlier this month.
It’s the First Ward in the City of Carterville – a seat that saw the two candidates match votes during the April 2 election.
2023: Runoff Election to be held in Carterville
Devin Keeling and Darlene Taylor each received 14 votes and are hoping for a different result Tuesday.
County clerk Charlie Davis said a runoff election doesn’t happen very often in Jasper County.
“We don’t have too many special elections from a tie. Unfortunately, we had one here in Carterville last year, and this is the second year in a row. So when you hear people say your vote doesn’t count, one vote would have counted. That’s why it’s important and I stress get out to vote,” said Davis.
We’ll have the results from the runoff election Tuesday night at 10.
