Brooklet’s city government has issued notice of a special city election May 21 – the same Tuesday as the state and county general primary and nonpartisan general election – to fill the vacancy on Brooklet City Council created by the March 1 resignation of former Post 5 Councilman Johnathan Graham.

During a special meeting Saturday, April 6, remaining council members voted 3-0 (Councilman James Harrison was absent) to call the special election. All Brooklet council members are elected at-large rather than by district, so all registered voters who are Brooklet residents may participate, and any who meet requirements could offer as candidates.

The formal notice from City Clerk Lori Phillips, as Brooklet’s election superintendent, states that the May 21 city election will be held “separate and apart” from the county election that day. However, Election Day voting hours for the city’s special election will actually be the same, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., and the site is also the same that serves Brooklet precinct voters in the county, state and congressional election, the Recreation Department’s Brooklet Community Center, 416 N. Cromley Road. But Brooklet, which uses paper ballots for city elections, will be using them in this election and in a separate area from the touchscreen voting machines used for the county and state voting, Phillips confirmed in an email.

Any Brooklet resident wishing to qualify as a candidate for the City Council seat must file a notice of candidacy and pay a $54 qualifying fee during the announced qualifying period, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, through Wednesday, April 24 at Brooklet City Hall, 104 Church St., P.O. Box 67, Brooklet, GA 30415. Questions concerning the qualifying and election may be directed to Phillips at that address or (912) 842-2137.