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More than 10% of Bulloch County's registered voters have cast ballots in first four days of early voting
Saturday voting is Oct. 19 and 26
Early Voting 2024
A group of about 20 joined the “Black Men Vote Walk” Friday as they walked from the corner of Church Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the Bulloch County Elections Office to cast their ballots for the 2024 presidential election. According to the Elections Office, 1,488 people voted Friday. - photo by JIM HEALY/staff

The first four days of early voting saw more than 10% of Bulloch County’s approximately 53,000 registered voters already cast their ballot for the 2024 presidential election either in person or via an absentee ballot.

Bulloch County Election Supervisor Shontay Jones said in an email Friday afternoon that 5,425 people, including 1,488 on Friday, came to the Bulloch County Board of Elections and Registration office to vote since early voting began Tuesday, while another 437 absentee ballots were dropped off – a total of 5,862.

And the Elections and Registration office in the County Annex, 113 North Main St., will be open for early voting for the first of two Saturdays, Oct. 19 and Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Then early voting resumes Monday in the Elections Office from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and the same times for Oct. 28-Nov. 1.

Additionally, three days of early voting for Bulloch County registered voters will be held in the Russell Union, 85 Georgia Ave., on the Georgia Southern University campus, Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 22-24. Voting hours there will be 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

For the final five weekdays of early voting there will be another voting location, in addition to the County Annex. The new final-week early voting site will be Georgia Southern’s Entrepreneurship Innovation Incubator at 64 East Main St. in downtown Statesboro. It will be open for early voting only Monday through Friday, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

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Chamber, city and county reps meet on fire depts. transition
Only thing decided: fire chiefs and managers to meet again
Tillman and Penny
Bulloch County Public Works Director Randy Tillman, left, and Statesboro City Manager Charles Penny
The Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce hosted city and county staff and elected officials Monday morning for a one-hour discussion – and possible renewal of negotiations – regarding the Bulloch County Fire Department’s approaching July 1 takeover of service to the five-mile district previously served by the Statesboro Fire Department outside the city limits. As previously reported, Chamber President and CEO Jennifer Davis had written to the chamber membership reporting that city and county leaders agreed to meet again at the chamber’s request. They had revealed that the meeting would be held Monday but were intentionally not announcing it as a public meeting of either the City Council or Board of Commissioners. It was held in the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, and the Statesboro Herald did not have a reporter present.
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