Today is Election Day in Stephens County

Today is election day in Stephens County.

According to Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts, election day voting for the Special Election for Stephens County residents and the Town of Martin Municipal Election will be at two separate locations.

She says voting for Stephens County residents will be held at the Stephens County Senior Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; whereas voting for the Town of Martin Municipal Election will be held at the Martin Community Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Roberts says Absentee Ballots are due back at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office no later than 7 p.m. today.

On the ballot for the Martin Town Council will be two posts; vying for those posts are incumbents Roger Looney and Sandy Stovall along with Diane Cole.

Only residents in Martin will vote in the Martin municipal election.

Additionally, Stephens County residents will vote on a resolution for Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for the Stephens County School System.

The E-SPLOST resolution, if approved by the voters, will allow the school system to continue to collect a one percent sales and use tax for the purpose of financing certain capital outlay projects for education purposes.

The one percent sales tax will automatically end, if the school system reaches $26 million of net proceeds by the tax.

Again, to cast a ballot for E-SPLOST go to the Stephens County Senior Center, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and to cast ballots for the Town of Martin’s two posts go to the Martin Community Center from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. today.

For questions regarding today’s elections, contact Roberts by calling the Stephens County Registrar’s Office at 706-886-8954.