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.
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It seems some strange cars (blk & wht) continued to be positioned near voting area on Highland and the Hill area. Of course they are writing "paperwork" and doing lawman's work but couldn't they return to the station for such duties. The appearance is that the old tactic of reducing minority turn-out is being employed to affect races...is this a pattern?
justus4, get it a rest. Most officers do their paperwork in their vehicles between calls because it saves time and money not to drive all the way back to the station to fill out "paperwork". You would find any reason to make this a racial thing. Get a life!
Vote Matt Aitken if you want District 1 to have a future!
Butch is such a strange dude. I'll never forget how he "friended" me on Facebook, and then proceeded to transmit campaign spam without so much as a hidey-ho. I wish I lived in his district so I could vote against him.
justus4, are you telling us a blk & wht car near the pole would keep you from voting? LOL!!! Would somebody post a blk & wht car on the comments, please?~!!!!
It's an election, not a STING Operation...although, you may be on to something!!!
Posted by AugustaFella on Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:07 AM ......... That's no surprise. I would too.