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Voters heading to the polls todayTue, 11/06/2007 - 11:43am
By: The Citizen
The Citizen Online will be posting voting results here after the polls close at 7 p.m. tonight Voters throughout the region today are deciding council races, while voters in Peachtree City are also deciding two referenda. In Peachtree City, voters are picking among three candidates in the Post 1 race: Don Haddix, Mike Harmon and Thomas O’Toole. In the Post 2 race, four candidates are running; Mark Hollums, Mike King, Doug Sturbaum and Dar Thompson. Peachtree City voters are also voting on a $4 million upgrade of sports fields and a $2.8 million expansion of the Gathering Place center. In Tyrone, voters are choosing between Councilman Mike Smola and Don Rehwaldt for mayor. Tyrone also has two council races. Ken Matthews is facing Tracy Young in the Post 1 race, while Gordon Shenkle, Eric Dial and Jessie Nasianceno are vying for the Post 2 position. In Fayetteville, voters will choose between political newcomer Mickey Edwards and former council member Al Hovey-King for the Post 2 slot. In Senoia, incumbent Mayor Robert Belisle is facing opposition from former City Administrator Murray McAfee. Sharpsburg voters are deciding the mayor’s position and two council posts. In South Fulton County, 40 candidates are running for five council positions and the mayor’s post in Chattahoochee Hills, three at-large council seats in Fairburn, two at-large seats in Union City and the mayor’s position and three council seats in Palmetto. Five Fulton County voter precincts, all in Chattahoochee Hill Country, will remain open until 8:10 p.m. today, pursuant to a Court Order signed by Superior Court Judge Constance Russell. Precincts CH01, CH02, CH03, CH04, and CH05, all located in the Rico Recreation Center, 6505 Rico Road, will close one hour and ten minutes later than normal as a result of voters being unable to vote at that location prior to 8:10 a.m. this morning. That delay was caused by incorrect coding of the voter access cards used to operate the electronic voting machines at that location. The incorrect coding caused the machines to pull up incorrect ballots for use in the affected precincts. The later closing time will ensure that voters at the affected precincts will have a period of 12 hours to vote, in accordance with Georgia law. Find out who won and who lost tonight here on The Citizen Online. login to post comments |