WHEN: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today

WHERE: To find your polling place, visit the polling place locator at the Georgia Secretary of State's Web site at www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/polllocator or call the Richmond County Board of Elections at (706) 821-2340.

WHAT TO BRING: Georgia requires voters to present one of six forms of identification at the polls. Those are:

- Georgia driver's license

- Valid photo voter identification card

- Other valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency or entity of Georgia, any other state or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification containing a photograph

- U.S. passport

- Employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency or entity of the U.S. government, the state or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity of the state

- Military photo identification card

- A valid tribal photo identification card

MOST COMMON QUESTIONS: Richmond County Board of Elections Executive Director Lynn Bailey said the most common questions from voters this year involve which district they reside in and whether their polling place is open.

Only districts that have contested races will have open polling places. If there is no opposition and no one has qualified as a write-in candidate, then the candidate is deemed to have voted for himself or herself and the polling places will not be opened.

The offices that are up for election and that have opposed races on the ballot are Augusta Commission Districts 1, 3 and 5; Board of Education District 5; three members of the Hephzibah City Commission; and mayor and two council members for the city of Blythe. Call the Board of Elections Office at (706) 821-2340 for more information.

THE CANDIDATES

AUGUSTA COMMISSION

DISTRICT 1

- Matt Aitken

- William "Bill" Fennoy

- JoRae Jenkins

- Butch Palmer

DISTRICT 3

- Joe Bowles

- Joy B. Mitchell-Booker

- Cleveland O'Steen

DISTRICT 5

- Bobby G. Hankerson

- William "Bill" Lockett

DISTRICT 7

- Jerry Brigham

DISTRICT 9

- J. R. Hatney

RICHMOND COUNTY

BOARD OF EDUCATION

DISTRICT 5

- Aishia Leverett

- Patsy Y. Scott

- James Williams Jr.

MARSHAL OF CIVIL COURT

- Steve Smith

CITY OF HEPHZIBAH

CITY COMMISSIONER

- Robert J. Buchwitz Sr.

CITY COMMISSIONER

- Jody Boulineau

CITY COMMISSIONER

- Thomas Alfred Alley

- Chuck Stevens

CITY OF BLYTHE

MAYOR

- Pat Cole

- Daisy M. Price

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

(*Vote for two)

- Ricky Albino

- Vernon W. Broome Jr.

- Homer Myers

- Cindy Parham

THE POLLING PLACES

DISTRICT 1

101 Asbury United Methodist Church, 1305 Troupe St.

102 Crawford Avenue Baptist Church, 507 Crawford Ave.

103 Dyess Park, 902 James Brown Blvd.

104 Eastview Recreation Center, 644 Aiken St.

105 Second Mount Moriah Church, 1404 Brown St.

106 Julian Smith Casino, 2200 Broad St.

107 Julian Smith Casino, 2200 Broad St.

108 Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3131 Walton Way

109 May Park, 708 Fourth St.

110 Peabody Apartments, 1452 Walton Way

111 Paine College Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, 1235 Druid Park Ave.

112 St. John's Towers, 724 Greene St.

113 May Park, 708 Fourth St.

DISTRICT 3

301 Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3131 Walton Way

302 Augusta State Athletic Complex, 3109 Marvin Vanover Drive

303 Aquatics Center, 3157 Damascus Road

304 Crossroads Fellowship, 3875 Wrightsboro Road

305 First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way

306 First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way

307 Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 2200 Walton Way

308 Augusta State Athletic Complex, 3109 Marvin Vanover Drive

309 Bayvale Baptist Church, 2240 Bayvale Road

310 Crossroads Fellowship, 3875 Wrightsboro Road

DISTRICT 5

* 501 Burns Memorial United Methodist Church, 2372 Lumpkin Road

502 Trinity CME Church, 2930 Glen Hills Drive

503 Henry Brigham Community Center, 2463 Golden Camp Road

504 Aquatics Center, 3157 Damascus Road

505 New Life Worship Center, 3550 Morgan Road

506 Trinity CME Church, 2930 Glenn Hills Drive

507 Minnick Park, 1850 Kissingbower Road

508 Bayvale Baptist Church, 2240 Bayvale Road

509 Bayvale Baptist Church, 2240 Bayvale Road

BLYTHE

801B Blythe Community Center, 294 Church St.

HEPHZIBAH

804H Jesse Carroll Community Center, 4977 Windsor Spring Road

* POLLING CHANGE: Voters in Precinct 501 will find their polling place has been temporarily relocated from First Shiloh Church at 2343 Windsor Spring Road to Burns Memorial United Methodist Church at 2372 Lumpkin Road. A church construction project prompted the change.