Tomorrow, November 3rd is Election Day and while over half of Chattooga County voters have already cast their ballots early or by absentee ballots, there are still many who will be voting on Election Day.

Chattooga County voters will be deciding two local contested races: Probate Judge and Sole Commissioner.

Republican Gary Woods and Independent Holley Strawn-Gilliland are vying for the position of Probate Judge.  The winner will be only the second, elected probate judge Chattooga County has ever had.  Longtime Probate Judge Jon Payne passed away earlier this year from COVID-19 complications and Becky Duke was named to fill his unexpired term.  Judge Payne was the first probate judge the county had.  Before that, the position was known as the “Ordinary Court Judge.”

For Sole Commissioner, voters will decide between Republican Blake Elsberry and Democrat Jimmy Holbrook.  The winner of that race will be replacing three-term incumbent Commissioner Jason Winters.

Voters will also be casting their votes for President of the United States and in two U.S. Senate races, along with other statewide, Congressional and uncontested local races.

Remember when you go to vote, you will need to vote at your assigned precinct location.  Some precincts are being combined into one polling place as they were in the earlier Primary and Primary Runoff Elections:

• The Lawrence Center, 71 Edison Street, Menlo, GA 30731 to hold the electors for the
precincts of Alpine and Cloudland;

• Lyerly Fire Department, 6086 Georgia Highway 114, Lyerly, GA 30730 to hold the
electors for the precincts of Coldwater, Lyerly, Dirtseller and Seminole;

• Subligna Baptist Church, 35 Subligna Church Rd, Summerville, GA 30747 to hold the
electors for the precinct of Subligna; and

• Trion Recreation Department, 90 Dalton Street, Trion, GA 30753 to hold the electors
for the precincts of Pennville, Teloga and Trion.

The polling locations for electors in the precincts of Dirttown, Haywood and Summerville shall remain as previously scheduled, to-wit:

• Gore Fire Hall, 9 Gore Fire Hall Road, Summerville, GA 30747 to hold the electors for
the precinct of Dirttown;

• Ebenezer Baptist Church, 4868 Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee, GA 30105 to hold
the electors for the precinct of Haywood; and

• Chattooga County Civic Center, 44 Highway 48, Summerville, GA 30747 to hold the
electors for the precinct of Summerville.

All polling locations shall remain open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.