Final week of early voting is underway

Today begins the final week of early voting in Jackson, Barrow, Elbert, and Hart counties, with March 19 elections set to settle school bond and sales tax referendums. 

The Elections Supervisor in Elbert County has officially cancelled an election that was to have been held next Tuesday: former Mayor Pete Gibbons was the only candidate to qualify in a special election to replace Mark Berryman, who stepped down as Mayor of Bowman late last year. Gibbons will return to the office he held before he waged an unsuccessful 2016 campaign for the state Senate.

Voters in Gwinnett County are deciding whether to extend MARTA into Gwinnett; three weeks of early voting come to a close this coming Friday.