Lee Buchanan
editor@thefranklinpress.com
Early, one-stop voting ends at 3 p.m. Saturday ahead of primary election day on Tuesday, March 3.
As of Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, a total of 1,888 voters had cast ballots during the early voting period. In 2016, a total of 3,572 ballots were cast in early voting.
“I think we’re running a little low,” said Gary Tallent, deputy director of the Macon County Board of Elections. “The state told us that statewide voting was down, too.”
Early voting continues this week, from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 29, the last day for early voting.
“It looks like the weather is going to be OK,” Tallent said. “We were worried about that, but it should not be an issue.”
Voters must go to their polling location on Election Day, based on their physical address, in order to cast a ballot. Anyone who is unsure of where to vote can call the Board of Elections Office at 828-349-2034.
Macon County has 15 polling locations for the March 3 election. All will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters will be asked to provide their name, address and party affiliation. If properly registered to vote, they will be given the appropriate ballot and directed to the voting booth to mark the ballot and then place the ballot into the voting machine.
No voter ID is required, and there will be no voting at the Macon County Courthouse on Election Day
Polling locations
North Franklin - Franklin Town Hall - 95 Main Street, Franklin
South Franklin - Macon County Public Library - 149 Siler Farm Road, Franklin
East Franklin - Macon County Environmental Resource Center - 1624 Lakeside Drive, Franklin
Iotla - Macon County Airport - 1241 Airport Road, Franklin
Union - Macon County Community Building - 1288 Georgia Road, Franklin
Millshoal - Holly Springs Community Building - 2720 Cat Creek Road, Franklin
Ellijay - Cullasaja Gorge Fire & Rescue - 104 River Road, Franklin
Sugarfork - Pine Grove School - 38 Peeks Creek Road, Franklin
Highlands - Highlands Civic Center - 600 North 4th St, Highlands
Flats - Scaly Mountain Fire Department - 169 Hale Ridge Road, Scaly Mountain
Smithbridge - Otto Community Building - 60 Firehouse Road, Otto
Cartoogechaye - West Macon Fire and Rescue - 564 Charles Nolen Road, Franklin
Nantahala - Nantahala EMS Building - 1096 Junaluska Road, Topton
Burningtown - Old Burningtown Fire Department-30 Daves Creek Road, Franklin
Cowee - Cowee School - 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin