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Absentee voting begins
Absentee voting for the Nov. 6 election will begin as early as this Wednesday afternoon, if all goes according to plan. According to Barbara Hammett, executive director of the Burke County Board of Elections and Registration, the 10 voting machines at the courthouse will undergo logic and accuracy testing beginning at 1 p.m., Wed., Oct. 10. If there are no problems, absentee voters may begin casting their ballots immediately thereafter. Absentee voting will continue at the courthouse, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. through Nov. 2. While those casting absentee ballots by mail are not required to provide a reason, those voting via machines must meet one of seven requirements, including being absent from the precinct during the election, being 75 or older or having a disability. For all other early birds, advance voting will be held at the courthouse Oct. 29-Nov. 2. Advance voting, which was created to make sure busy Georgians have ample opportunity to cast their ballots, is open to everyone "as a matter of convenience." Besides the Waynesboro mayoral race, in which former vice-mayor Pauline Jenkins will square-off against formermayor George DeLoach, vot- ers in Ward 3 will also decide who will represent them on city council - incumbent Willie Roy Williams or newcomer William Alston. Ward 3 envelops the northernmost section of town, running from the intersection of Liberty and East Sixth streets past the industrial bypass. Bill Tinley and Herman Brown, candidates for Ward 1 and Ward 2, will run unopposed. With 2,398 active voters in Waynesboro, Ward 2, which stretches from the intersection of West Sixth and Liberty streets out to Lovers Lane, accounts for 890 of them.
Ward 1, which envelops the Burkehaven and Spring Valley neighborhoods, has 881 active voters, and Ward 3 has 627. |
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