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Citizens take advantage of early voting
Advance voting period concludes Friday
Early voting file web
In this Herald file photo from October 2010, Buddy Horne, left, Smith Marks, center, and John A. Newton fill out forms for early voting. Early voting for the 2011 election ends Friday.
With four days remaining until the end of advance and early voting periods for Statesboro’s approaching city election, nearly 300 people have decided not to wait until Election Day to cast a ballot. According to Shontay Jones with the Bulloch County Registrar’s Office, 236 ballots have been completed, and another 49 absentee forms received, prior to the Friday deadline for early/advance voting. As of Monday morning 71 ballots were cast and four absentee forms filled by residents in Statesboro’s Precinct 2, which includes election districts three, four and five, she said — Precinct 2 citizens vote at the Old William James School.
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