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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, October 19,2022
Your voter
guide for the
2022 election in
Dawson County
By DCN staff
With the general election
less than a month away,
Dawson County voters will
soon have the chance to
vote for local seats all the
way to highly-anticipated
state and federal ones like
the races for governor and
U.S. Senate.
This guide provides key
dates and district changes,
how to vote and an overall
idea of what to expect
when looking at your bal
lot.
Things to know
Following the 2020 U.S.
Census, district maps
changed across the state in
areas including Dawson
County.
Now, Dawson residents
will be able to vote for can
didates in Georgia’s 6th
Congressional District for
the U.S. House of
Representatives.
District 6 now encom
passes all of Forsyth and
Dawson counties and parts
of Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton
and Gwinnett counties.
With the race for state
house representative,
Dawson voters in the coun
ty’s eastern and central dis
tricts can vote for the
District 9 seat.
People in Dawson
County’s western precinct
can vote for the District 7
seat.
Check your districts and
voting status at the Georgia
Secretary of State’s My
Voting Page.
Early voting
When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Oct. 17 through Nov. 4; 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays,
Oct.22 and 29
Where: Central
Precinct/Board of Elections
office, located at 96
Academy Avenue in
Dawsonville
Note: Oct. 22 is the
Saturday of the Mountain
Moonshine Festival.
Election day
When: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nov. 8
Where: Your polling
precinct
• Eastern precinct: Fire
Station no. 2 at 145 Liberty
Drive (next to Tractor
Supply)
• Central precinct: Board
of Elections office at 96
Academy Avenue
• Western precinct: Fire
Station no. 6 at 2142
Hubbard Road
Key dates
Last day to submit an
absentee ballot application
and request an absentee
ballot: Oct. 28.
Runoff, as necessary:
Dec. 6
General Election: Nov. 8
Local Races
Dawson County
Commissioner, District 1
Seth Stowers, R
Dawson County
Commissioner, District 3
Alexa Bruce, R
Board of Education, at
large
Nathan Ingram, R
(incumbent)
Board of Education,
District 3
Karen Armstrong, R
(incumbent)
State Races
Governor
Brian Kemp, R, (incum
bent)
Stacey Abrams, D
Shane Hazel, Libertarian
Lieutenant Governor
Burt Jones, R
Charlie Bailey, D
Ryan Graham,
Libertarian
Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger, R
(incumbent)
Bee Nguyen, D
Ted Metz, Libertarian
Attorney General
Chris Carr, R (incum
bent)
Jennifer “Jen” Jordan, D
Martin Cowen,
Libertarian
Commissioner of
Agriculture
Tyler Harper, R
Nakita Hemingway, D
David Raudabaugh,
Libertarian
Commissioner of
Insurance
John King, R (incum
bent)
Janice Laws Robinson, D
State School
Superintendent
Richard Woods, R
(incumbent)
Alisha Thomas Searcy, D
Commissioner of Labor
Bruce Thompson, R
William “Will” Boddie
Jr., D
Emily Anderson,
Libertarian
State Senate District 51
Steve Gooch, R (incum
bent)
State House of
Representatives,
District 9
Will Wade, R (incum
bent)
Note: Will Wade will be
on the ballot for voters in
Dawson County’s eastern
and central precincts.
State House of
Representative, District 7
David Ralston, R
(incumbent)
Note: David Ralston will
be on the ballot for voters in
Dawson County’s western
precinct.
Northeastern Judicial
Circuit District Attorney
Lee Darragh, R (incum
bent)
Upper Chattahoochee
River Soil and Water
Conservation District
Supervisor
George W. Lyons
(incumbent)
Federal
U.S. Senate
Herschel Junior Walker,
R
Raphael Warnock, D
(incumbent)
Chase Oliver, Libertarian
U.S. House of
Representatives,
District 6
Rich McCormick, R
Bob Christian, D
Ballot questions
1. Provides for suspen
sion of compensation of
certain State officers and
members of the General
Assembly.
“Shall the Constitution of
Georgia be amended so as
to suspend the compensa
tion of the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, Attorney
General, State School
Superintendent,
Commissioner of
Insurance, Commissioner
of Agriculture,
Commissioner of Labor, or
any member of the General
Assembly while such indi
vidual is suspended from
office following indictment
for a felony?”
Yes
No
2. Provides for temporary
local tax relief after disas
ters.
“Shall the Constitution of
Georgia be amended so as
to provide that the govern
ing authority of each coun
ty, municipality, and con
solidated government and
the board of education of
each independent and coun
ty school system in this
state shall be authorized to
grant temporary tax relief to
properties within its juris
diction which are severely
damaged or destroyed as a
result of a disaster and
located within a nationally
declared disaster area?”
Yes
No
3. Provides for ad valor
em tax exemption for cer
tain timber production,
reforestation, and harvest
ing equipment.
“Shall the Act be
approved which grants a
state-wide exemption from
all ad valorem taxes for cer
tain equipment used by tim
ber producers in the pro
duction or harvest of tim
ber?”
Yes
No
4. Expands ad valorem
tax exemption for family-
owned farms and adds
qualified products to the
exemption.
“Shall the Act be
approved which expands a
state-wide exemption from
ad valorem taxes for agri
cultural equipment and cer
tain farm products held by
certain entities to include
entities comprising two or
more family owned farm
entities, and which adds
dairy products and unfertil
ized eggs of poultry as
qualified farm products
with respect to such exemp
tion?”
Yes
No
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