Ruth Adams Ball and Lisa Barber will face off in a runoff election in Lafayette County’s District 2 election commissioner race after votes in Tuesday’s election were counted.
Because no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast, the runoff election will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on Ed Perry Boulevard in Oxford or Philadelphia Fire Station No. 12 off Highway 30 in Etta, Miss. Absentee voting will begin on Monday, Nov. 17 at the Lafayette County Courthouse.
The special election was called to fill the seat of Erin Smith, who was elected as an alderman for Ward 1 in Oxford in June. Three candidates ran for the seat: Adams Ball, Barber and Kate Sinervo Wallace.
Adams Ball led the voting with 320 votes, or 40.76% of total votes, while Barber came in second with 243 votes, or 30.96% of the vote. Sinervo Wallace came in third with 220 votes, or 28.03% of the vote, eliminating her from the race.
Out of 7,438 registered voters eligible to vote in the election, 786 ballots were cast, for a voter turnout of 10.57%.
Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday’s Election Day. District 2 voters were able to vote absentee from Sept. 22 until Nov. 1.
The Daily Mississippian reached out to Adams Ball and Barber for comment, but neither responded in time for publication.
