Election Costs Chattanooga $148,362, Collegedale $2,865

  • Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Last week's election together with early voting cost city of Chattanooga residents $128,362.50, election officials said Wednesday.

The expense is not over as there will be a District 4 runoff election on April 9.

Cost for the Collegedale election in which three incumbents were running for three seats was $2,865.14. That includes $1,200 to the Chattanooga Times Free Press for legal notices, $1,165.14 for ballots and $500 for an audit.

Chattanooga costs included $3,297.76 to the Chattanooga Times Free Press for legal notices, $16,310.40 for ballots and $6,965.75 for an audit.

Other city costs were $44,510 for election day pollworkers, $2,650 for rental of an early voting site at Northgate Mall, $243.86 for postage, $40,658.29 for election office employee overtime and other expenses, $181 for a van rental, $7,507.17 for mileage for election office employees, $75 for utilities at an early voting site and $31,643.74 for the Elder Mountain deannexation vote. 

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