3/6 Update: 2024 Election Qualifying & Advance Voting

As qualifying for the May 21 General Primary/Nonpartisan election continues, only two candidates in locally-relevant races qualified yesterday: Incumbent Len Stovall, who qualified to run as a Republican for reelection to the at-large seat on the Stephens County Board of Education, and Incumbent Andrew Clyde, who qualified to run as a Republican for reelection to his seat as United States Representative in House District 9.

Earlier Qualified Candidates For The May 21, General Primary/Nonpartisan Election

Board of Education District 1 Post 1 – Wendy Dawkins (R) (I)

Board of Education At Large – Len Stovall (R) (I)

County Commission Post Two – Debbie Whitlock (R) (I)

County Commission Post Three – James Addison (R)

Craig Oglesby (R)

Clerk of Superior Court – Tim Quick (I)

Coroner – Kyle Johnson (R)

Judge of Magistrate Court – Donald C. Tabor (Non-Partisan) (I)

Judge of Probate Court – Chris Stephens (Non-Partisan)

Marti Whitlock Mulligan (Non-Partisan)

Judge of State Court – James Irvin (R) (I)

Sheriff – Dennis Bell (R)

Rusty Fulbright (R)

Harold McCroskey (R)

For state and federal offices, Incumbent Bo Hatchett qualified for District 50 state senator, running as a Republican, incumbent Andrew Clyde qualified for United States Representative for the 9th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives, and incumbent George Robert Christian qualified for District Attorney of the Mountain Judicial Circuit, running as a Republican. 

There have been no candidates to qualify, as of close of qualifying yesterday, for Georgia House Representative for District 32, currently held by Chris Erwin.

Qualifying will continue for the remainder of the week, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. until noon in Friday, March 8.

Locally, qualifying for the Democratic Party will take place at Black Law Offices, located at 141 Savannah Street W., Suite B, in Toccoa.  

Qualifying for the Republican Party in Stephens County will take place at the offices of Bross, McAllister & Williams, LLC, located at 268 N. Broad Street in Toccoa.

Qualifying for Non-Partisan positions will take place at the Historic Courthouse, located at 37 W. Tugalo Street in Toccoa.

In other election news, the latest voter counts in the Presidential Preference Primary in Stephens County, including votes cast through the end of voting on March 5, a total of 1,986 voters have cast Advance in-person ballots, 240 absentee ballots have been mailed to locally-registered voters, and 170 absentee ballots have been returned. There is one provisional ballot recorded.

Advance in-person voting will continue through this Friday, with voting taking place at the Historic Courthouse in Toccoa from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Election Day voting on Tuesday, March 12, will also be held at the Historic Courthouse and will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Stephens County Election Office has posted official and required notice that the Stephens County Board of Elections and Registration will meet for a Special Called Meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 11 at the historic courthouse, 37 West Tugalo Street, to begin Early Processing of absentee ballots for the March 12 Presidential Preference Primary.  

For more information, contact the Stephens County Election Office at (706) 886-8954.