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  • Early voting set to start next Tuesday for 2025 ballot

    Early voting set to start next Tuesday for 2025 ballot

    Time is flying as the year is getting shorter, and the chance to cast a ballot early begins next week as voting season returns following the Columbus Day holiday. Election Day 2025 just under a month away from when voters will be heading to the polls for local-focused elections, with two cities able to call…

  • VOTE 2025: PSC Commission primaries draw low turnout

    VOTE 2025: PSC Commission primaries draw low turnout

    Results are still being tallied statewide, but Polk County once again was first across the finish line to report on the state level – though the turnout was low enough to make it little more than a light chore. Locally, most of the races ended with a clear result for Public Service Commission primaries –…

  • Public Service Commission special primary vote coming up in June

    Public Service Commission special primary vote coming up in June

    Another trip to the polls is coming up for local residents as voters are being asked to come out and determine a race held in 2022 that went to the courts, and is now back on the ballot. The Public Service Commission seat is a statewide race, and Polk County is among those who will…

  • Special elections coming in March for trio of local races

    Special elections coming in March for trio of local races

    Local races are bringing voters back to the polls in the coming months for a round of Special Elections for one position and two ballot resolutions. The Polk County Board of Elections approved requests on Wednesday, January 8, to call for the Special Elections set for March 18, 2025 after requests came in from the…

  • VOTE 2024: Tracking the Presidential Results

    VOTE 2024: Tracking the Presidential Results

    The polls are closed, and the ballots are being counted for early voting, absentee mail-in and today’s round at the polls for Paulding County’s 2024 General Election. Polls closed at 7 p.m., and here are some preliminary results so far including those on the local, state and national level. PRESIDENTIAL RACE DEMOCRATIC PARTY KAMALA HARRIS…

  • VOTE 2024: Tracking the Presidential race

    VOTE 2024: Tracking the Presidential race

    The ballots are cast, the decisions are made. Now it’s just a matter of counting the ballots and posting the results of a race that has been ongoing for years. The Presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is coming to an end as Election Day concluded at 7 p.m.…

  • VOTE 2024: Where to Vote on Election Day

    VOTE 2024: Where to Vote on Election Day

    It’s finally here! The ads are coming to an end, the campaigns are wrapping up and now it is time to cast the ballot and see what results of American democracy in action! Polk County has seven precincts open for voters this morning after just around 50% of the total number of people registered locally…

  • VOTE 2024: Where to vote in Polk

    VOTE 2024: Where to vote in Polk

    Early voting is underway in Polk County, and already hundreds of people have visited the polls to cast their ballot in the 2024 General Election, including the decision on who will be President. Here’s information below about precincts for early voting, dates, what you will need and what is permissible as the campaign winds down…

  • VOTE 2024: Early voting begins tomorrow across Georgia

    VOTE 2024: Early voting begins tomorrow across Georgia

    The time has finally come to head to one of two precincts in Polk County for the 2024 General Election as polls open on Tuesday morning in Cedartown and Rockmart. As the machines go live in the morning and voters who can’t make it into the precincts in person fill out paper ballots to send…

  • ELECTIONS 2024: Logic and Accuracy Testing coming up for November vote

    ELECTIONS 2024: Logic and Accuracy Testing coming up for November vote

    People who want to participate in the upcoming job of ensuring all the machines are properly working and tabulating results have the opportunity to observe Logic and Accuracy Testing starting at month’s end at the Board of Elections office in Cedartown. From September 30 through October 11, Elections officials will be conducting the test ahead…

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