For Cumming's Early Voters, No Sunday Polling Allowed

Forsyth County voters who want to get to the polls before the Nov. 4 election will not be able to cast their ballots on a Sunday, the county government has decided.

According to Access North Georgia, the Forsyth County Board of Elections ruled out opening polls on Sundays for 2014 early voting during their meeting on Monday, but would continue to examine the possibility and could implement Sunday voting by the 2016 election cycle.

The board said that the cost and inability to raise enough awareness of early Sunday voting in the short time allowed were prime reasons why they decided against the measure. Religious considerations also came into play.

In Forsyth County, early voting for the Nov. 4 election will begin on Oct. 13 and end on Oct. 31. From Oct. 13 - 24, early voting will only be held at the Forsyth County Administration Building in Cumming from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Voting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the last week of early ballot casting will be from Oct. 27 - 31.

During the final week of early voting, Forsyth residents can cast their ballots at the Hampton Park Library, Cumming City Hall, the Midway Park Community Building, the Sharon Springs Park Community Building, and the Forsyth County Administration building. These sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.

For more Forsyth-specific voting information, please visit Forsyth County Voter Registrations & Elections’ website.