Tuesday night, Peachtree City residents will finally find out who will be mayor come Jan. 1.

Incumbent Mayor Steve Brown is facing off against Harold Logsdon in Tuesday’s runoff election. Logsdon outpaced Brown nearly 2-to-1 in the general election, but since none of the six candidates got 50 percent or more of the vote, the runoff election was required.

Voters don’t have to wait until polls open Tuesday to vote. Thanks to the one-week early voting period, they can vote from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday at the Fayette County Elections office on the second floor of the county’s Stonewall complex in Fayetteville.

Early voting and in-person absentee voting will not be allowed Monday, so if you don’t vote by Friday, you’ve got to head to the polls Tuesday to make your vote count.

Brown has blamed his showing in the general election, getting 21.75 percent of the vote, to poor voter turnout, particularly among families.

Logsdon, who led all candidates with 41.91 percent of the vote, did not participate in a recent debate last week at McIntosh High School, saying that between four candidate forums, several essays in the newspaper and his web site, he’s gotten his viewpoints to the public.

Brown contends that Logsdon is vague on his proposals and hasn’t addressed the issues specifically. But Brown, too, is short on specific proposals, choosing mainly to run on his record.

Brown, who started negotiations with developer John Wieland Homes for a proposed annexation in the northwest corner of the city, has said he wants 140 of the proposed 360 homes in that area to be senior housing to ease the burden on schools and drive-time traffic.

Logsdon, a former auditor for BellSouth, has said the city needs new leadership that will cooperate better with nearby jurisdictions, but Brown has indicated he has no difficulties in that regard. Logsdon has also said the city needs to improve its financial accountability.

Brown has worked full-time hours at the official part-time job as Peachtree City mayor, and he took some political flak during the campaign particularly from six of the city’s former mayors, who joined together in a full-page ad just before the general election urging voters to choose anyone for mayor but Brown.

The candidates’ Web sites are www.mayorsteve.com and www.haroldlogsdon.org.

Less than 7,500 of the city’s 20,810 registered voters cast ballots in the general election Nov. 8, but any registered voter can vote in the runoff whether they voted in the general election or not.