Early Voting Begins April 29

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Voters can begin casting their ballots for their choice of local candidates in the state and local General Primary Election on Monday, April 29.

Mo n t g o m e r y, Toombs, and Wheeler Counties each have several candidates on the ballot, which will be highlighted in the Meet the Candidate edition of The Advance on Wednesday, May 1. This election will determine the winner of several nonpartisan seats within the county, as well as each political party’s representative for the par- continued from page

tisan elections. Candidates on the ballot include:

Montgomery County

District 1 Commissioner: Jimmy Pedro Sharpe (R) vs. Angel Gilreath (R) District 2 Commissioner: Tim Williamson (R) (Incumbent) vs. Amie Alexandra Vassey (R); Stephanie Love Ivy (D) District 3 Commissioner: Ginger Byrd Morris (R) (Incumbent) vs. Charles Greg Palmer (R) vs. Charles “Charlie” Robison (R); Linda Jackson Page (D) District 1 Board of Education: Henry Price (Incumbent) vs. Richard Michael Lewis District 2 Board of Education: Susan Beard (Incumbent) vs. Andrea “Margie” Miller vs. Inna N. Edwards District 3 Board of Education: Fernando Rodriquez- Pacheco (Incumbent) vs. Allen Williamson District 4 Board of Education: Eugene “Pete” Ward (Incumbent) vs. Janice Nobles vs. Jonathan “Spanky” Hardeman Toombs County

Sheriff: Jordan Kight (R) vs. Wesley Walker (R); Rodney Wardlaw (I) Tax Commissioner: Jeandra Johnson vs. Anna Wommack Holcombe District 3 Commissioner: Darriel Nobles (Incumbent) vs. Daniel Caraway Coroner: Ronald V. Hall (Incumbent) vs. Kyle Wilkes Wheeler County

Sheriff: Randy Rigdon (Incumbent) vs. Glenn Giles Coroner: Ted Mercer (Incumbent) vs. Kandice Day Purvis District 3 Commissioner: Keith McNeal (Incumbent) vs. Dustin Shane Purvis Advance voting will be held for three weeks Monday through Friday, April 29-May 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in each county. Two Saturday voting options will also be available as the polls open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 4 and May 11. The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the May 21 election is May 10. Voters in Montgomery County will be able to cast their ballots at the Montgomery County Government Annex, located at 251 S. Richardson Street in Mount Vernon. For more information, contact Montgomery County Election Superintendent Sheila Cheek at (912) 583-2848.

In Toombs County, the polls will open at 8:30 a.m. each weekday at the Toombs County Courthouse, located at 100 Courthouse Square in Lyons, and will close at 5 p.m. each day. Saturday voting hours will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information, contact Toombs County Election Superintendent Carey Alligood at (912) 526-8226.

Early voting will be held in Wheeler County at the Board of Elections Office, 16 W. Forest Avenue, Alamo. For further information, contact Election Superintendent Karen Mercer at (912) 568-0095.