Qualifying cranks up for Polk city seats

CEDARTOWN — The Polk County Board of Elections is getting ready for another round of voting this fall, and will soon be taking applications for those who are seeking office on municipal ballots in November.

Qualifying for seats in Aragon, Cedartown and Rockmart begins on Aug. 21 and continues through Aug. 25 for the Nov. 7 vote, in which a variety of seats are open this year in Polk County’s three cities.

Aragon voters will decide whether they will keep two council members who came on the board in recent months. Hunter Spinks, who joined the council last year, will be up again for election along with the most recent addition Kelsey Collum, who was unopposed in his taking over the remaining time of former council member Duel Mitchell.

Voters in Aragon will also have to decide who will fill the seat left open by council member Tammy Mulkey, who resigned in May prior to her moving away from the city.

Cedartown’s three seats open are currently filled by Commission chair Jordan Hubbard, commissioner Matt Foster and commissioner Larry Odom. A trio of council members are also up for vote in positions currently held by Lucille Harris, Joe Henderson and Sherman Ross.

Elections Director Karen Garmon said she’s had no word yet from the Polk County Board of Education on whether they intend to have the previously proposed Education-only, Special Purpose, Local Option Sales Tax on the ballot for the November vote.

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