Advance voting resumes Monday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Floyd County Health Department. First week of voting saw 178 voters for an average of 35.6 per day. All told, less than 1 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out for the first five days of advance voting.
What to know:
Candidate profiles, Q&A for the Ward 1 Rome City Commission hopefuls. Topics: Downtown, economic development, transparency. Also: Today’s the last day to register to vote in Nov. 5 election. Ward 1
Candidate profiles, Q&A for the Ward 3 Rome City Commission hopefuls. Ward 3
Georgia Highlands’ Community Watch interviews with all nine City Commission hopefuls. Questions include economic development, crime and safety, downtown parking, minority business involvement. Video interviews
Other local political headlines: Click Politics
The Rome ballot includes: The three candidates who receive the most votes in each ward win the seats on the ballot.
Ward 1
Jim Bojo
Mark Cochran
Bill Irmscher
Milton Slack
Sundai Stevenson
Ward 3
Bonny Askew
Bill Collins
Craig McDaniel
J.J. Walker Seifert
Also on the Nov. 5 (and advance/absentee voting) ballot is the “Sunday Brunch” referendum where with city voters will decide whether to start alcohol sales in restaurant at 11 a.m. on Sundays vs. the current 12:30 p.m.
Calendar:
Advance voting, weekdays, now through Friday, Nov. 1. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., health department. Also: 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1 until 4 p.m.
Nov. 5. Election day. Precincts open 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
From Bartow County:
The elections office: “Advance voting for the Nov. 5 elections in the cities of Cartersville, Emerson, Euharlee and White has begun. Our office will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week for voters residing in any of these municipalities. Bring your photo ID along and cast your ballot early.
“Note: There are no elections in the cities of Adairsville, Kingston, Taylorsville or in Bartow County at large on Nov. 5.”
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