89 turn out for 4th day of early voting on Augusta arena sales tax
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Early voting continued Thursday in two important local elections: a sales tax to rebuild the James Brown arena and the battle over who’ll be the mayor of Grovetown.
In the James Brown Arena vote, 89 people took advantage of advance voting Thursday at the Augusta Municipal Building on Telfair Street, according to Richmond County Board of Elections Executive Director Travis Doss.
That makes a total of 462 since early voting started Monday.
Going forward, early voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and then from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21.
More polling locations will open up for early voting after Oct. 28.
The plan comes after age of special state legislation, House Bill 230, to allow the public to vote on the tax.
The law gets around some of the problems of a SPLOST measure to build a new arena, like the one local voters rejected last year.
Officials have said the current arena is outdated and unable to attract the kinds of events the city needs.
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Grovetown voters, meanwhile are deciding whether to stick with the current mayor or elect a new one.
We introduced to you all three candidates last week: Gary Jones.
The Columbia County Board of Elections said there had been 79 early voters as of Wednesday and 14 vote-by-mail applications.
The board says early voting will be available:
- Oct. 16 through Nov. 3
- Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday voting will be available on Oct. 21 and 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Early/advance voting will only be offered at the former Euchee Creek Library – located at 5907 Euchee Creek Drive.
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