{"id":8970,"date":"2014-05-15T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T17:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2014-05-15T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T17:37:13","slug":"local-elections-affect-you-most-time-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/local-elections-affect-you-most-time-to-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Local elections affect you most: time to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostatoday.com\/2014\/04\/early-voting-begins-in-lowndes-county-this-week\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/valdostatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/vote-election-300x166.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIt&#8217;s time to vote,\r\ntoday and tomorrow in early voting at\r\nthe Board of Elections, 2808 North Oak Street, Valdosta, or\r\nTuesday May 20th at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mvp.sos.state.ga.us\/\">your polling place<\/a>.\r\nTurnout is very low for elections that will affect everyone in Lowndes\r\nCounty and beyond.\r\n<p>\r\nTwo of the Lowndes County Commission districts will be decided\r\nMay 20th (District 5 is a Special Election and District 2\r\nhas only candidates in one party): they will affect your\r\nwater, sewer, trash, rezoning, road building, and taxes.\r\nAll the Lowndes County School Board elections<!--more--> will be decided\r\nMay 20th, for the education of our children, spending\r\nmore tax dollars than the Commission.\r\nThe elections for judges will be decided May 20th,\r\nto rule on cases that will affect everyone.\r\nThe primary races for the legislature\r\nwill be decided May 20th,\r\naffecting laws for the entire state.\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/crazy-qualifying-season-finally-completed.html\">\r\nwho&#8217;s running<\/a>.\r\nYou can get a sample ballot from\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mvp.sos.state.ga.us\/\">the Georgia Secretary of State<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nAccording to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&#038;id=157\">\r\nthe Lowndes County Board of Elections<\/a>,\r\n308 people voted yesterday 14 May 2014, for a total of 2,403 in early voting\r\nas of last night.\r\nThat&#8217;s about 4% of the 61,000 registered voters.\r\nThis would be the time to vote.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to vote, today and tomorrow in early voting at the Board of Elections, 2808 North Oak Street, Valdosta, or Tuesday May 20th at your polling place. Turnout is very low for elections that will affect everyone in Lowndes County and beyond. 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