White County is among a number of counties in the state that are anticipated to restrict the number of open polling places for the Democratic Public Service Commission primary runoff on July 15.
Voters can cast their ballots at the Mt. Yonah Precinct at The Bridge Church on Hulsey Road in Cleveland, according to White County Election Supervisor Amie Veater.
There won’t be any additional polling places open.
According to the state election code, if fewer than 1% of a party’s registered voters cast ballots in the primary, then a single polling place may be used in a runoff. Just 0.59% of White County’s 24,355 registered voters voted for Democrats in the primary on July 17.
According to Travis Doss, president of the Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials, up to 20 counties are thinking about it on Friday.
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Costly runoff
Keisha Waites, a former state lawmaker and member of the Atlanta City Council, is running against Atlanta green energy campaigner Peter Hubbard. A runoff was required after Waitescame failed to receive more than 50% of the vote in a three-person election on June 17.
The June 17 primary saw a statewide turnout of only 2.8% of Georgia’s 7.4 million registered voters. Nonetheless, it may be difficult for the Democratic runoff to garner even 1% of the state’s vote. According to the AP, a sample of county budgets suggests that counties might spend $10 million statewide to hold the election.
Each vote might be worth over $100.
Plans for the July 17 runoff are still being compiled by Habersham County and other local election offices.
At Habersham County Elections Supervisor Laurel Ellison told Now Habersham, “We will start as soon as possible, but it will depend on when we get our election project from the SOS (Secretary of State) and get L&A (Logic & Accuracy) testing done.” As soon as we know the dates for advance voting, the county will post them, she said.
According to Ellison, advance voting will be available in the county’s two main precincts, North and South. Additionally, on election day, we will be open in each of our four precincts.
This article was given to by WRWH Radio’s Dean Dyer.
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