Election Calendar
Qualifying for mayor and Ward 1 and 4 council seats: Aug. 26-28
Last day to register to vote: Oct. 7
First day of early voting: Oct. 7
Election: Nov. 5Twenty-two-year-old Pablo Picazo said Tuesday he plans to run for the Gainesville City Council seat against long-serving Councilman George Wangemann, representing District 4.
Picazo is a student at the University of North Georgia and works two part-time jobs to get by. He’s been a Gainesville resident since 1996.
Minority citizens of Gainesville have lived as second-class citizens, Picazo said, and he wants to make a difference by serving his city.
“I feel like if given this opportunity, there’s lot’s of different options we can take as a city into helping get these minorities their voice, their opinions out into the forefront and not just brush them aside,” Picazo said.
Ward 1 and Ward 4 seats are up for election this year. This is also the first year Gainesville residents will elect a mayor.
The new mayor plan keeps the council’s current election structure intact, calling for the citywide election of five council members from each of the city’s wards and a continued two-year rotation of mayor pro tempore. But it adds a sixth seat to the council: A mayor elected from any of the five wards.
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