×Ashley Lovell and Liz Lane, at left, will be in a Sept. 23 runoff for Hoover City Council Place 3, while Kenneth Cox Jr. and Gene Smith are in a runoff for Council Place 2.

The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today (Tuesday, Sept. 23) in Hoover for two Hoover City Council election runoffs.

Ross Bridge’s Kenneth Cox Jr. is in a runoff with Magnolia Grove’s Gene Smith for Council Place 2, and Greystone’s Ashley Lovell is battling McGill Crossings’ Liz Lane for Council Place 3.

Cox was the lead vote-getter among four candidates for Council Place 2 in the Aug. 26 election with 5,415 votes (33%), compared to 4,878 votes (30%) for Smith, while Clint Bircheat captured 3,969 (24%) and Copeland Johnson got 1,998 votes (12%). Cox would have needed 50% of the vote plus one more vote to avoid

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