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November 3, 2012

More than 8,000 cast early local ballots

From staff reports The Union-Recorder The Union-Recorder Sat Nov 03, 2012, 10:58 AM EDT

MILLEDGEVILLE — As advance voting came to a close Friday afternoon, a massive number of registered voters filed into the Baldwin County Courthouse to cast their ballot ahead of Election Day.

“We have 7,545 advance voters who voted in person so far at the courthouse. Last Saturday, around 450 people voted when we were averaging about 500 per day,” said Chief Registrar Rick Williams around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the midst of the bustle. “We have voted close to 1,000 [Friday], if not more. People have been lined up in the courthouse, and everybody has been working and it has gone off without a hitch.”

Polls will open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Each voter must vote at the polling place designated for the precinct in which the voter lives.

“You cannot vote any other day except at the poll on Tuesday,” Williams said.

Voters will select their choice as listed on the general election ballot:

President of the United States: Mitt Romney (R) and Paul Ryan, vice president; Barack Obama (D) and Joe Biden, vice president; and Gary Johnson (L) and James Gray, vice president;

n Public Service Commissioner (to succeed Chuck Eaton): Incumbent Chuck Eaton (R), Stephen Oppenheimer (D) and Brad Ploeger (L);

Public Service Commissioner (to succeed Stan Wise): Incumbent Stan Wise and David Staples (L);

State Senator of District 25: Burt Jones (R) and Darrell Black (D);

State House of Representatives, District 145: Incumbent Rusty Kidd (I) and Quentin Howell (D);

County Commissioner of District 1: Incumbent Emily Davis (D) and Lawson Lawrence (R);

County Commissioner of District 4: Incumbent Faye Smith (D) and Henry Craig (R);

County Commissioner of District 5: Johnny Westmoreland (R) and Dwayne Sentell (D);

Voters will need to bring a valid form of identification, which may include a Georgia driver’s license, a valid voter identification card, a valid United States passport, a government-issued employee identification card, a United States military identification card or a valid tribal identification card. All forms of identification must include a photograph of the voter.

For more information about voting on election day, call (478) 445-4526 or visit the GaSOS’s website at www.sos.ga.gov.

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