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Many good choices for
MC sheriff, but please
do your diligence and
don't rely on personal-
ity or family name; ONE
candidate is definitely a
liberal, votes: ]8
Hey Commissioners,
please tell us who you
support for Sheriff so we
will know who NOT to
vote for. You were very
helpful in picking winners
of the district 141 race
not. Lol. votes: 14
The MC School System
has produced produc-
tive citizens for decades.
Please support us and
stop bashing us. Thanks.
votes: 12
I'm voting for Roscoe P.
Coltrane. votes: 12
Sheriffs race ongoing
and we get a new Piggly
Wiggly! Coincidence I
don't think so votes: 9
Will is a liberal, votes: 9
Stacey is a liberal, votes:
8
Trump is in charge of
24.7 percent of the
world's total GDP and
doing an excellent job,
believe me. votes: 8
heart, ears and mind
will be opened to the
truth of Jesus Christ and
the entirety of His word.
votes: 7
Don's a liberal, votes: 7
I'm a liberal, votes: 7
Bipartizenship only
works for ONE side. That:
why there will no longer
be compramizing. KAG!
votes~ 6
Will Smith? He is a HUGE
liberal that HATES Presi-
dent Trump. He says the
blue wave is coming. He's
w r o n g. votes: 6
In NM, a child DIED and
11 others went without
water, power, abused:
the accused are treated
leniently, Obviously
troubled Sherry Hall is
given 15 years to serve
in a case with no victim.
She didn't hurt anyone
but herself. Harsh. Sad.
Sherry, not everyone is
against you. You have my
prayers, votes: 5
Come on BOE, time to
update the football facil-
ity so it can match the
Fine Arts Center! votes: 4
Just as a cop gets tired
of hearing stuff about
donuts, refs get tired of
things like eye charts. It
is a hard job and there
is a shortage so go get
certified to be a ref if you
can do'better, votes: 3
Democrats loved John
McCain nobody else
did. Wonder why? He
gave us Sarah Palin and
changed the world. John
McCain created the
Tea Party and woke up
America. I may be the
only Conservative that
liked him. IDK votes: 3
After seeing Ms. Rob-
erts's picture and reading
about her other crimes,
I thought M.C, Deputy
Miller's proposal was
fairly decent after all.
votes:3
. ~r ~'.
Keep hahng en Will
snowflakes i love that
sexy man. votes: 2
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Well get ready for the Lexus In.ion!
Yep, the Lovett Lions come to town on Friday night and the Who's Who of Atlanta will descend upon our small town
to roar. Towaliga Tina's uncle Brody went to Lovett, and he told us the other day it cost $20,000 per year to
go to school there. Can you believe it!?! Makes them Macon private schools seem like a real bargain. Speaking of private
and public school football showdowns, did you hear about the Howard-FPD game a few weeks ago? Uh-oh. Howard's got a
kicker whose name is Elizabeth -- because she's a girL And she can kick it a country mile. Anywa5 them FPD boys put up a sign
at the game that said "Football is for boys!" Whoops. And Howard responded with a sign: "God loves us FOR FREE", a knock on
that private school tuition.
Anyway, our Bulldogs have lost to private schools in the Final Four the past two years, so hopefully this Friday's
game will get us ready for December. After the past three blowouts, Fm ready for good game, aren't you?
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By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.nef
With Georgia's Randolph
County getting national
attention when it tried
to consolidate its polls to
save the county money,
some Monroe County
citizens wanted to know
what Monroe County pays
for elections and who is
responsible for supervis-
ing them. Monroe County
had begun to study how
it might operate elec-
tions more efficiently and
cheaply by combining
some polls, but, like in the
rest of the state, those ideas
are on hold until the cur-
rent outcry that polls need
to stay open whether they
are used or not dies down.
Kaye Warren, Monroe
County's Elections Super-
intendent, estimates that
it costs at least $18,000
to hold an election in
the county, about a dol-
lar a piece for each of the
county's 18,451 registered
voters, even when only 10
percent of them actually
vote, like in the run-off
election on July 24. War-
ren said she is not sure of
the cost, however, since
Monroe County began a
new system of supervising
its elections in January.
Warren and April Dumas,
Elections Assistant Super-
intendent, were placed in
charge of Monroe County
Elections when local
legislation House Bill 852
approved by Gov. Nathan
Deal in May went into ef-
fect Jan. 1. Before that the
county's probate judge was
responsible for elections.
The bill created a joint
Board of Elections and
Registration to conduct
primaries and elections for
Monroe County, Culloden
and Forsyth and to handle
all matters related to elec-
tions.
Warren and Dumas were
previously Registration
Manager and Deputy Reg-
istrar for Monroe County.
The legislation, which was
sponsored by Representa-
tives Robert Dickey, Allen
Peake and Susan Holmes,
continued their existing
duties and added handling
elections to them. It also
created a five-member un-
paid Election Board, which
holds the ultimate respon-
sibility for decisions related
to elections in the county.
Members of the board are
appointed by commission-
ers and councils of the two
cities. They can't be officers
in any political party, can't
hold any elected public
office and must live and
be a registered voter in the
entity appointing them.
Members of the cur-
rent Elections Board are
Rosalyn Harbuck (chair
and Forsyth appointee),
Linda Davis (vice chair
and commissioner ap-
pointee), Mary Chambliss
(commissioner appointee),
Samuel Bennett (Culloden
appointee) and Marcus
Whitehead (commissioner
appointee). Board meet-
ings are held the second
Monday of each month at 4
p.m. in the Board Room at
38 W. Main Street, Forsyth.
Board members serve for
four years.
The budget of the Board
of Elections is divided
between Monroe County
(65 percent), Forsyth (25
percent) and Culloden
(10 percent). The board is
responsible for designating
polling places, handling the
qualifying of candidates
for elections, hiring derical
assistants as needed and
selecting, appointing and
training poll workers. Most
of these duties are delegat-
ed to Warren and Dumas.
As it has for many years,
Monroe County designates
14 polls: Bentons, Brant-
leys, Burgays, Cabaniss,
Cox, Culloden, Dillards,
Evers, Forsyth, High Falls,
Kelseys, Middlebrooks,
Proctors and RusseUville.
The number of registered
voters assigned to each poll
varies greatly, from near
4,000 at Forsyth to closer
to 400 at Culloden and
Russellville. The way dif-
ferent districts overlap and
separate can necessitate
printing 53 different ballots
for the county.
The state requires that
there be at least three poll
workers at each of the polls
throughout election day.
During major elections, as
many as 10 workers may be
hired to work at the larger
polls. For early voting,
which is currently held at
the county annex during
work days and sometimes
on a Saturday for the three
weeks before an election,
three or four workers are
hired to help.The poll
manager is paid $170, poll
assistant $145 and poll
derk $120 for election day,
including $20 for training
held before elections. Poll
workers must be at least 16,
be U.S. citizens, be literate
and not be office holders
or candidates or related to
candidates.
Warren said that elec-
tions have gone smoothly
since she became superin-
tendent, but she has had
to learn quickly because
she has handled a lot more
elections this year than
anyone anticipated with the
deaths of Commissioner
Jim Ham and Forsyth
Council member Dexter
King and the resignation
of Commissioner Jarod
Lovett. She has worked to
learn the rules and regula-
tions of the State Elections
Board, which oversees all
elections and voter registra-
tion in Georgia.
The new state policy of
having the Department of
Driver Services send voter
registration information
on anyone who gets or
renews a driver's license to
the county of residence has
made a lot of extra work for
them. Many of the names
sent are already registered
voters, and others probably
did not care about register-
ing. Monroe County has
received 1,600 names from
the DDS since April.
Right now Warren and
Dumas are busy proof
reading ballots for the
election on Nov. 11. They
recently finished qualifying
candidates for sheriff. Early
voting will be Monday-
Friday, Oct. 15-Nov. 2 from
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and on
Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9
a.m.-4 p.m.
After proof reading bal-
lots, they must get them
printed, conduct logic and
accuracy testing on the ,Jke
vot~achines, respond
to recluests for absentee
ballots by mailing out both
the applications and then
the ballots, make sure all :
polling sites are ready and
hired poll workers and
make sure they are trained.
As the county adds any
new streets or street num-
bers, they must research
and assign the addresses to
precincts.
Other duties of the
Elections Superintendent
include getting financial
information from candi-
dates and office holders
and verifying information
on voter rolls. The day be-
fore elections, they deliver
equipment to the 14 pre-
cincts, and they pick it up
after elections. They pro-
vide sample ballots before
elections and report results
on election night and then
deliver them to the state for
certification. Now they de-
liver the information to the
Cl
Monroe County
for a FREE
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local State Patrol instead of
having to take it to Atlanta
themselves.
Warren and Dumas
will attend at least two
conferences for election
superintendents next year.
Among other information,
they will learn how to take
care of paper ballots if the
state goes to them as a back
up. They said they could
already use more storage
room.
Warren also has to an-
swer a letter she got from
the NAACP national office
asking if the county has
closed any polling places.
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