LEWISTON — Voters will pick the city’s next mayor — either Mark Paradis or Robert Macdonald — at a special runoff election Dec. 13.

Macdonald, a former Lewiston police officer and education tech at Lewiston Middle School, has said he wants to limit subsidized housing.

Paradis, a former city councilor and Planning Board member, said he wants to promote economic development.

Paradis and Macdonald were the top two vote-getters in a field of five candidates in the Nov. 8 municipal election, with Paradis claiming 32 percent of the total votes cast and Macdonald picking up 31 percent.

Lewiston rules require that a mayor get at least 50 percent of the votes cast, plus one vote. Since neither candidate did, it requires a runoff.

The last mayoral runoff election was held Dec. 9, 1997, between Kaileigh Tara and Normand Poulin.

Voting will be held at the Multi-Purpose Community Center gymnasium at 145 Birch St. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Parking is available across the street in the Androscoggin Bank Colisee parking lot.

Absentee ballots are available for order until Thursday, Dec. 8. They may be picked up in person at the City Clerk’s office during normal business hours. Voters can also contact the City Clerk’s Office at 513-3124 to have an absentee ballot mailed to them.

Absentee ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. Dec. 13 to the clerk’s office in City Hall. They will not be accepted at the polls.

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