Dawson County voters to decide fate of penny tax Tuesday

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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Tuesday is Election Day in Dawson County, the day when voters will decide the fate of a $60 million, 6-year Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

With voter approval, the county plans to spend $45,320,000 on major projects like road and culvert improvement ($16.4 million), a new Emergency Operations Center and E911 Communications system ($8.5 million), Fire station replacement ($3 million); Public works vehicles and equipment ($2.5 million); Construction of a new public health facility ($2.5 million) and ambulance replacement ($2.3 million).

The City of Dawsonville’s proposed list totals $6.18 million. Included are: Deep patch repair, milling and repaving of roads ($2 million); Construction of tertiary waste water plant ($2.12 million) and Main Street Park Phases 3 and 4 ($605,000).

All Dawson County precincts will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

West- Dawson County Fire Station #6, 2142 Hubbard Road

Central- Dawson County Board of Elections & Registration Office, 96 Academy Avenue

East- Dawson County EMS station #2, 145 Liberty Drive (On Highway 53, East of 400 N just past tractor supply)

 

 

765 in-person ballots cast on first day of voting

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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The county elections office reported today (Dec. 15) that 765 in-person votes were cast on the first day of advance voting in the General Election Runoff for state and federal offices.

Voters tend to turn out in lower numbers for runoff elections. By contrast, the November general election with President Donald Trump on the ballot attracted 930 voters on the first day of advance voting.

“It was a pretty heavy first day for a runoff,” said Brittany Payne in the elections office.

The Senate races between incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and Democrat Rev. Ralph Warnock and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Jon Ossoff have major national as well as statewide importance. Republicans must win at least one of the races to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate.

Just how important the races are can be gauged by the amount of money, particularly outside-the-state-money, the candidates have collected. One recent report shows that the four candidates have spent in excess of $400 million on advertising so far. Estimates indicate more than 90 percent of the donations have come from outside Georgia.

Advance voting will continue for three weeks. Election Day is Jan. 5 when all precincts will be open from 7a.m. until 7 p.m.

 

 

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Time running out for voter registration

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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Monday (Oct. 5) is the final day to register to vote in the Nov. 3 General Election. Advanced voting begins Oct. 12 and will run through Oct. 30 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Voters wishing to vote on Saturday may do so on Oct, 24 from 9 a.m. 4 p.m. All Saturday and advanced voting will take place at the Dawson County Elections and Voter Registration Office, 96 Academy Avenue.

There is also an official absentee ballot drop box where voters can drop off absentee ballot applications and/or ballots without leaving their cars. The red drop box is located outside the Elections Office and is properly labeled and video monitored.

Election Day is Nov. 3 when all Dawson County precincts will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Voters can now track their mail in votes from mailed to accepted at https://georgia.ballottrax.net/voter/

If you have any voting questions, call 706-344-3640.

 

Fetch Your News is a hyper local news outlet that covers Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, Towns and Murray counties as well as Cherokee County in N.C. FYN attracts 300,000+ page views per month, 3.5 million impressions per month and approximately 15,000 viewers per week on FYNTV.com and up to 60,000 Facebook page reach. If you would like to follow up-to-date local events in any of those counties, please visit us at FetchYourNews.com

 

 

 

 

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