Today marks the start of the final week for Early Voting

Today is the start of the final week of early voting for the upcoming Special Election for Stephens County residents and the Town of Martin Municipal Election.

Stephens County Election Supervisor April Roberts says early voting will continue daily through Friday, October 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Historic Stephens County Courthouse.

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.

Election day voting for E-SPLOST will be on November 2, at the Stephens County Senior Center, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Election day voting for the Town of Martin’s two posts will be held on November 2, at the Martin Community Center from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

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