Who voted in College Park?

The Nov. 4 election marked the first time 16- and 17-year-olds were allowed to cast ballots in city elections.

According to the Board of Elections Supervisors, six teenagers voted, including two who voted early on Nov. 2 and four who cast their ballots on Election Day, Nov. 4. Fifty-three 16- and 17-year-olds registered to vote in the election for mayor and all eight College Park City Council seats.

All told, 1,598 people voted this time around, accounting for 9.9% of registered voters in College Park, where 16,146 residents are registered.

Mayor Fazlul Kabir, who ran for re-election unopposed, won 1,480 votes. The top vote-getters for council seats were District 1 incumbents Jacob Hernandez, with 536, and Alan Hew, with 492. Both councilmembers ran for re-election unopposed.