Advance In-Person Voting For the May 21 Election Begins Today
Advance, in-person voting for the May 21 General Primary/Non-Partisan Election and the City of Avalon Special Election begins Today, April 29, and will continue each weekday until Friday, May 17. There will be mandated Saturday voting on May 4 and May 11. Voting hours will be from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Historic Courthouse, 37 W. Tugalo Street in Toccoa.
All Election Day voting, including voting for the City of Avalon Special Election, will also take place at the Historic Courthouse, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, May 21. There are no other polling locations for elections within Toccoa/Stephens County.
The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the May 21 election is May 10, and citizens can request an absentee ballot by calling the Stephens County Election Office at (706) 886-8954 or by visiting mvp.sos.ga.gov.
Absentee ballots for the May 21 election must be filled out and received in the Stephens County Election office no later than 7 p.m. on election day. Absentee ballots may be mailed, or deposited in the official ballot drop box, located within the Historic Courthouse, 37 W. Tuglao Street in Toccoa.
In races where no candidate clinches 50% of the vote next month, a runoff election will be held June 18.
Official sample ballots for all races in the May 21 Stephens County and Avalon General Primary and Nonpartisan elections and statewide elections have been set and approved and are available at these links:
Federal Candidates only Republican
Federal Candidates only Democratic