Sylvester City Council seat heads to runoff Sylvester council seat heads to runoff By Bobby Poitevint | March 17, 2021 at 1:04 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 1:04 AM SYLVESTER, Ga. (WALB) - A runoff election has been declared in the race for the City of Sylvesterâs Ward 4 council seat. The race comes down to Earnest Carter Jr., who received 44 votes, and Justin M. Lucas, with 22 votes. Election officials said there was a total of 113 votes out of 795 registered voters for Ward 4, with one UOCAVA Vote that was sent out and hasnât come back in yet. âIâm very confident in this runoff. There were some things that I saw that I could have done better with my campaign and those are the issues Iâm going to face going into the runoff,â said Lucas.