Polk County turned out the early vote for 2025, ending the state with a double-digit percentage of population to cast ballots before Election Day and among some of the top in Georgia in turnout by number of registered voters.
An off-year vote saw some 12.6% of the registered voters make their decisions early, finishing in the Top 15 of the state in turnout so far.
According to the final tally provided by the Secretary of State’s office as of this posting, some 3,360 ballots were cast early this year for the 2025 vote during the three weeks ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.
Per the Polk County Elections Department’s breakdown of the tallies, 1,912 of those were cast at the Cedartown precinct for early voting, and 1,387 ballots were cast in Rockmart. An additional 77 absentee ballots were sent out from the Elections Department to local residents, and 61 had been returned by the end of early voting on Friday.
Tuesday’s vote coming up has a few items on the ballot.
Countywide, Polk County is being asked to decide on a local homestead exemption for senior voters on property taxes.
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The City of Cedartown is also asking voters to decide on a Redevelopment Powers ballot initiative, which would allow for the creation of Tax Allocation Districts.
City elections this year weren’t needed for candidates in council and commission seats since they were all filled without challengers in the races.
Braswell does have local elections this year with seven different candidates in the running for the mayor’s and council seats.
This year’s ballot also includes a statewide redo vote on the Public Service Commission race from 2022 that went through court proceedings and was ultimately determined to require a revote on the seats.
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Voting on Tuesday opens at 7 a.m. at precincts across the county, and closes at 7 p.m. statewide.
Here’s where you vote on Tuesday:
- Aragon – Aragon City Hall, 2814 Rome Hwy., Aragon
- Blooming Grove – Pine Bower Baptist Church – 100 Pine Bower Road, Cedartown
- Camp Antioch – Polk-Haralson Christian Life Center) – 3900 Antioch Road, Cedartown
- Cedartown – Goodyear Civic Center – 108 Prior St., Cedartown
- Fish Creek – Victory Baptist Church – 15 Hendrix Road (corner of Hwy. 278), Rockmart
- Lake Creek – Cedar Lake Christian Center – 1890 Rome Hwy., Cedartown
- Rockmart – Nathan Dean Community Center – 604 Goodyear Ave., Rockmart
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