Board Of Elections Reviews Polling Location Changes For Nov. 3

Fran Leathers, chair of the Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration, told fellow Board members at their meeting last week that she had found a new voting home for Precinct 11, which formerly voted at Athens Academy.

On Nov. 3, the 2,758 registered voters in that precinct who opt to cast a ballot in person on election day will do so at Nations Church, 8780 Macon Highway, just south of the entrance to Athens Ridge student apartment complex.

Though each of the county’s 12 precincts has a number, they also have a name, usually referring to the voting location.

In this case, Leathers said, she’ll call this precinct East Oconee.

The move from Athens Academy is part of the effort to get voting locations out of schools and to larger facilities that can handle the expected high demands of the Nov. 3 election, provide adequate space for privacy and distancing during the pandemic, and have sufficient power for the new voting equipment.

For more on this story, with precinct maps and a video of the most recent Elections Board meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.