Turnout Remains Steady in City Election

Updated 6:14 p.m. 

A steady trickle of residents have turned out for Norcross municipal elections. At 6:10 p.m., about an hour before the 7 p.m. close, the number of voters clocked in at 479, according to poll workers at . 

Council candidate Greg McFarland stood on the corner across from City Hall with two supporters, in front of a large hand-painted, wooden sign standing in the back of a pick-up truck.

While residents were more reserved about their voting status on the council race, they were mostly happy to pipe up about the issue of Sunday beer and wine sales in the city limits. 

Norm Schklar voted in favor of the Sunday package sales, though he really doesn’t plan to purchase any alcohol on Sundays. “It adds to the city. It will bring more people in, helps business,” he said on his way out of the polls. 

Francis Sigmon echoed that sentiment. While she doesn’t plan to shop for alcohol on Sundays, she thinks drinkers should have the choice without government interference.

C. Darrell Johnson voted against Sunday beer and wine sales. “We have many, many opportunities in our city,” he said. “We don’t need another opportunity for people to get intoxicated, to get in accidents.”