April 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s biggest day for early voting turned out to be the last day on Thursday, April 28 as 284 cast ballots for next Tuesday’s local primaries.
According to the election commission 284 voted Thursday including 276 in person and 8 by absentee. A total of 195 voted in the DeKalb County Republican Primary and 89 in the Democratic Primary.
For the 13 days of early voting combined, a total of 1,909 cast ballots including 1,815 in person and 94 by absentee. In the Republican Primary, a total of 1,247 voted compared to 662 in the Democratic Primary.
Primary election day for both Republicans and Democrats is Tuesday, May 3 from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. at all 12 precincts in DeKalb County. WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage and interviews with the candidates Tuesday night starting at 7 p.m.
Starting with this election, those who voted in the past at Dowelltown, Belk, and Edgar Evins State Park, will be voting at different locations.
“I want to remind voters of some precinct changes. Those who did vote at Edgar Evins State Park will now vote on election day at the Temperance Hall Community Center. Those who voted at the Dowelltown Community Center will vote now at the Liberty Community Center and those who were voting at the Belk Community Center will vote on election day at the Keltonburg Community Center,” said Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley.
Winners of both the Republican and Democratic Primaries will advance to the General Election in August along with independent candidates.