Bartow Elections Office Considers Precinct Changes

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- If you've been casting your ballot at the same Bartow County polling place for the past several years, then you could experience some changes.

That's because the Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration is considering making changes to a few polling locations and precinct boundaries. The areas under consideration include:

• Moving portions of the Mission Road precinct into the Euharlee and Woodland precincts.
• Relocating the Mission Road polling location from Mission Road Elementary School.
• Combining the Beavers Drive and Cassville precincts.

Specific locations are still being ironed out, but Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk said he hopes to have proposals in place by the first hearing.

The board will hold three public hearings on the proposed changes, all of which will be held in June. The first meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 5 in the Commissioner's Conference Room in the Bartow County Courthouse, which is at 135 W. Cherokee Avenue in Cartersville.

The second public hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, June 12 at the Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Office at 1300 Joe Frank Harris Parkway. The third and final public hearing will be 6 p.m. Monday, June 19 at the elections office.

Anyone who wishes to speak out about the changes can attend one of three meetings or contact Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk at 135 W. Cherokee Avenue Box 106, Cartersville, Ga. 30120. Inquiries about the proposed changes can be made by calling 770-387-5098.

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