Early voting will begin next Monday, June 8, for the June 16 run off election.
Several races for Republicans and Democrats will be decided in the run-off after no candidate received a majority of votes in the May 19 primary election.
There will be six Republican and five Democratic run-off elections.
Republican races on the ballot for the run-off election are U.S. Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state school superintendent and district 5 on the public service commission.
Democratic races to be decided in the run-off include the nomination for first district U.S. Congressman, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, insurance commissioner and labor commissioner.
Early voting will be Monday, June 8 to Friday, June 12. The voter registration deadline for the runoff has already passed.
Early voting will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, June 8-Friday, June 12. All early voting will take place at the Courthouse Annex, 312 Nichols St, Blackshear.
There will be no early voting Monday, June 15.
Run-off election Day will be Tuesday, June 16. Polling places will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Pierce County Gym on College Avenue in Blackshear and Eagle Station on Williams Street in Patterson. Voters can check their polling place at mvp.sos.ga.gov. Voters are reminded to bring a physical photo identification. Cell phone photos taken of the identification will not be acceptable.
For more information, please call the board of elections office at (912) 449-2028.
Those who voted in either party’s primary are restricted to that party’s runoff. Voters cannot change parties for the runoff election. Those who are registered, but did not vote in the May 19 primary, can participate, but will have to choose which party. Similarly, those who pulled a nonpartisan ballot in the primary, are eligible to participate in either party’s primary runoff.
A total of 3,737 of the county’s 13,079 registered voters participated in the May 19 primary. Of those, about 3,400 chose the Republican ballot and 330 chose the Democratic ballot.
Georgia requires a runoff in state and federal races when no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. When a runoff is required, the top two vote getters square off. With crowded fields in many races up and down the ballot this year, runoffs were expected.
