UPSON COUNTY ELECTIONS BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED THE NUMBER OF VOTING PRECINCTS BE REDUCED TO THREE

 

THE  UPSON  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS  TOOK  THE  RECOMMENDATION  UNDER  ADVISEMENT  AT  TUESDAY’S  MEETING.  IT COULD  SAVE  THE COUNTY  $20,000  PER  YEAR  ON  ELECTION  COSTS.

UNDER  THE  PROPOSAL,  TOWN  AND  LINCOLN  PARK  WOULD VOTE  AT  THE  CIVIC  CENTER,  ATWATER,  REDBONE, THE ROCK, AND  REEVES  WOULD  VOTE  AT  ATWATER PRECINCT,  AND  JUG, SALEM, AND YATESVILLE  WOULD  VOTE  AT  JUG  ON  LOGTOWN  ROAD.

ELECTIONS CHIEF  ROBERT  HANEY  SAID  IN  THE  LAST  FEW  ELECTIONS  UP  TO  50% OF  VOTING  HAS  BEEN   EARLY  VOTING.  IF  ADOPTED,  EARLY  VOTING WOULD  BE  HELD AT  THE  CIVIC  CENTER.

CHAIRMAN  RUSTY  BLACKSTON  TOLD  HOMETOWN  RADIO  NEWS  AFTER  THE  MEETING,  IT  WOULD   BE  AN  ADJUSTMENT ,  BUT  HE  SUPPORTS  THE  CHANGE.