November Ballot Will Contain Educational Tax Question As Well As Sunday Sales Referenda

The ballot that Oconee County voters will see on the screens of the voting machines for the Nov. 8 election has gotten fuller in recent weeks.

The Board of Commissioners on Aug. 2 put two referenda on Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages on the ballot.

A little more than a week earlier the Board of Education put a continuation of the county’s 1 percent educational sales tax on the ballot.

Three candidates-Ben Bridges, Chuck Horton and Marcus Wiedower--have qualified to run for the open slot on the Board of Commissioners, and their names, all listed as Republicans, will be on the Nov. 8 ballot as well.

The two Sunday sales referenda, the educational sales tax election, and the open BOC seat contest will add a local element to an election that otherwise is likely to be of interest primarily because of the presidential and U.S. Senate race at the top of the ballot.

Candidates for a range of local offices also will be on the ballot, but all are unopposed, since the county’s Democratic Party put up no candidates and the Republican nominations in the contested seats were decided in the May 24 primary.

For more on the educational tax question on the ballot, go toOconee County Observations.