AT A CALLED MEETING MONDAY, THE UPSON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS VOTED TO COMBINE YATESVILLE AND JUG PRECINCTS INTO THE YATESVILLE PRECINCT AND SALEM PRECINCT WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
CHAIRMAN ROBERT HANEY EXPLAINED THE CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE ORGINAL PLAN BECAUSE YATESVILLE IS AN INCORPORATED CITY THAT HAS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND THUS SHOULD HAVE A VOTING PRECINCT IN THE TOWN LIMITS.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD HAVE COMBINED YATESVILLE AND SALEM AT THE JUG PRECINCT—BUT HANEY EXPLAINED JUG WOULD BE TOO FAR FOR SALEM RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN COMBINES THE ROCK, REEVES, AND REDBONE WITH ATWATER PRECINCT AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH ON HANNAH’S MILL ROAD AND LINCOLN PARK WILL VOTE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
CHAIRMAN HANEY SAID ABOUT HALF OF VOTERS ARE NOW CASTING BALLOTS IN EARLY VOTING SO IT WILL BE A COST REDUCTION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PRECINCTS.
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