Today is election day in Jackson County, where voters are deciding a special election to fill the Post 5 seat on the Jackson County Commission: Joshua Shepard and Cole Elrod are running to replace Marty Clark, who is a candidate to be the next Chair of the Jackson County Commission. Retiring Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum is endorsing Elrod.
There is a City Council contest in Oakwood, and voters in Athens and around the state will be casting ballots in presidential preference primaries. The polls that open at 7 o’clock this morning are open until 7 o’clock tonight.
On this presidential preference primary day in Athens is a meeting of the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections, underway at 5:30 this afternoon.
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