Early voting now underway for primary

Construction work for improvements at the Polk County Board of Elections office is wrapped up just in time for voters to start coming to the polls early for Georgia’s Presidential primary.

Also for local candidates to qualify to get on the ballot in November 2020 with a slew of positions up for vote this year as well.

Both early voting and qualifying get underway at the Board of Elections on Monday, March 2 starting at 9 a.m.

For those who want to get a ballot in well before the Presidential Primary coming up on March 24, early voting begins Monday and continues through Friday, March 20 on weekdays and one Saturday coming up as well.

Precincts in Cedartown and Rockmart will be open for early voting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through March 13. On March 14, both precincts will be open for a special Saturday early vote from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from March 16 through March 20 the hours change slightly.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday that week the early voting times will remain the same, 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. On Tuesday and Thursday the final week of early voting, precincts will remain open an additional two hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters in Cedartown can go to the Board of Elections office in the County Administration building at 144 West Ave. to cast ballots. In Rockmart, the precinct is located at 604 Goodyear Ave.

Absentee ballots are also available and for more information for those who need to mail in their votes can do so by calling the Board of Elections office at 770-7492103 to learn more about the process.