County Has Small Number Of Military, Overseas Ballots To Count

As of late morning on Thursday, Oconee County had a total of 31 outstanding military and overseas ballots that had not been counted, according to Jennifer Stone, assistant director of Elections and Registration for the county.

Stone said the office will continue to accept mailed ballots from military and overseas voters until 5 p.m. on Friday. Ballots have to have been postmarked by Tuesday.

In addition, five voters who used Provisional Ballots on Tuesday have until 5 p.m. on Friday to provide needed information to allow the county to count those ballots.

Stone said the office most likely would deal with all the remaining ballots after the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday.

The Board of Elections and Registration is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday of next week at the conference room of the Board of Elections and Registration Office to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election.

That office is located at 10 Court Street across the street from the Courthouse in Watkinsville.

Biden actually won in Oconee County in absentee balloting, while Trump won in early and election-day polling.

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