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Thursday, December 18, 2008
In Raleigh on Monday, NC Electoral College member Tim Futrelle of Watauga County signs one of six copies of the official ballot that gave 15 electoral votes to Barack Obama.Labels: Barack Obama, electoral college, Tim Futrelle
Friday, December 12, 2008
Electoral College Meets Monday
Watauga County's newest County Commissioner, Tim Futrelle, is also a member of the North Carolina electoral college and will be in Raleigh Monday at noon to take part in the arcane pomp of the actual election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.Futrelle was profiled in the Watauga Democrat soon after the election and also here.
It's substantially cool having an official elector representing Watauga County and the rest of the 5th District.
Labels: electoral college, Tim Futrelle
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Watauga County's Newest Commissioner
By winning the Democratic Primary, looks like Tim Futrelle, 33, will be Watauga's newest (and youngest) county commissioner. The only numbers in the race we've seen so far are the early voting numbers, which Futrelle won by an overwhelming margin.At half the age of most of our commissioners, Futrelle will certainly bring a fresh new perspective to county government.
By not contesting the seat in the fall election, the Republicans simply threw in the towel, and prematurely.
Labels: Tim Futrelle, Watauga County Commission
Signs
Word from several Watauga County precincts this a.m. says that the Republicans are AWOL. No poll-greeters spotted for any Republican candidates, not even Paularoids (though, clearly, from the count of yard signs alone, Ron Paul is in the lead for the Republican presidential nomination. Apparently, true Paularoids are expecting a Big Uprising at the Republican National Convention this summer that will reject John McCain and sweep Ron Paul into the nomination. BTW, we want whatever it is they're smoking).
The most active Democratic campaigns locally -- from an unscientific count of poll-greeters working key precincts this morning -- would be the Bev Perdue campaign, Team Roy Carter, the Tim Futrelle committee, and both the Clinton and the Obama campaigns.
Turn-out has been steady though not in the overwhelming numbers we've seen reported from other parts of the state.
The most active Democratic campaigns locally -- from an unscientific count of poll-greeters working key precincts this morning -- would be the Bev Perdue campaign, Team Roy Carter, the Tim Futrelle committee, and both the Clinton and the Obama campaigns.
Turn-out has been steady though not in the overwhelming numbers we've seen reported from other parts of the state.
Labels: Barack Obama, Beverly Perdue, Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, Roy Carter, Tim Futrelle, Watauga County primary voting
