Election dates for Georgia's county and municipal officers [Apr. 1984]

ELECTION DATES
FOR
GEORGIA'S COUNTY
AND
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
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Election Dates for
Georgia's County and Municipal Officers
prepared by Georgia Departrrent of Camrunity Affairs
J.im Higdon, Camtissioner Intergovernmental Assistance Division
40 Harietta Street, N. w.
Suite BOO Atlanta, Georgia 30303
April, 1984

Election Dates for Georgia's County and I4unicipal Officers
Data on election dates for county and municipal officers were taken from the Georgia Municipal Governrrent Information Catalog, 1983 and the Georgia Coru1ty Governrrent Infonna.tion Catalog, 1983. The mfonnation was provided by local officials in the spring of 1982 to the Deparbrent of Ccmm.mity Affairs.
'Ihe election dates are arranged in chronological order by rronth, week and day of the week and in alphabetical order for each date. Table 1 provides election dates for counties and Table 2 provides election dates for municipalities.
Surnna.ry Findings About Georgia's County and Municipal Elections:
County Elections
o County elections in Georgia are held during only three rronths - August, November and December.
o 'lhe rrost popular dates for county elections are November, First Tuesday (57 counties) November, Second Tuesday (53 counties)
Hunicipal Elections
o Municipal elections are held during all 12 rronths of the year.
o By far, the rrost popular rronth for elections is December. Fifty-five r;ercent of the elections are held in December. ~ember and January are the distant second and third rrost popular rronths for elections with 16 percent and ten percent occurring, resr;ectively, during these rronths.
o Fewer elections are held in July than any other rronth. The three municipalities with July elections Savarmah, Fayetteville and Lula - have the date scheduled the second week in July so there is no conflict with Independence day.
o Sru1day is the only day of the week on which no elections are scheduled. Only one municipality has an election on Friday - Colbert.
o Saturday elections are held in about 20 r;ercent of the municipalities (101).
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Month January

Table 2 Dates of Election for Municipal Officers

Date First f>bnday First 'I\.l.esday
First \-a:inesday First Thursday First Saturday Second Monday
Second Tuesday

Municipality
Bethlehem
Junction City Luthersville Hontrose
Adairsville hlrian Arcade
Cuthbert Damascus Funston
Higgston Oliver
Rebecca
Braselton Brinson Byromville
Bibb City
Harer
Jacksonville Trion
Eton Mineral Bluff Sunnyside Surrency
Berlin Cave Springs Corinth Ellenton Lyerly
Nonran Park
Shady Dale \"st Point
~sville
Climax Garfield M=igs Millen
Pell1am
Rocky Ford

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Date of Election for Municipal Officers (continued)

Month

Date Second Tuesday

June
July August

'Ihird Saturday Fourth Tuesday (no date specified)
First Tuesday
First Wednesday First Saturday
Second Monday
Third Saturday Second Tuesday
Second W2dnesday Second Saturday
First Monday
First Tuesday
First W2dnesday
First Saturday
Second Tuesday

September

Third Saturday Fourth r.bnday Fourth Saturday (no date specified)
First Monday
First Tuesday

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Municipality
Baconton Hilltonia Vernonburg
Gum Branch Moultrie Rayle
Blocm:ingdale IXmglas Riceboro Tallulah Falls
Statham
Ephesus Savannah
Fayetteville Lula
Davisboro
Blakely Eatonton r.utchell
Ambrose Concord Deepstep East Point Kite Union City
Mountain Park
Harrison Riddleville
Carrollton Llrlawici watkinsville
Barwick Tignall
Danville Wti.gham Winterville

Date of Election for Municipal Officers (continued)

Honth
November

Date Fourth Wednesday Fourth Saturday First Monday First Tuesday
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Municipality
Dawson
Acworth
Forest Park Sugar Hill
Buford Lawrenceville Molena !-brganton Pine Lake Shell.m:m Snellville waleska
Albany
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Arlington Athens Atlanta Avondale Estates Brerren Butler Cartersville Centerville Crawfordville Darien Dexter Donalsonville Folkston Gray Griffin Hapeville Hoschton Iron City Lookout Mountain Macon Moreland Nahunta O::illa Reynolds Shiloh
Smyrna
Springfield Stillrrore Talbotton 'IYTy Villa Rica
~'la.co
Winder Wrightsville ZebUlon

Date of Election for Municipal Officers (continued)

funth Decerrber

Date Fourth Wednesday (No date specified)
First Monday

First Tuesday 13

Municipality
Hampton
Girard I.akeland
Bartow
Blackshear :aa...tion Buena Vista Bryon Cadvwell Camilla Enigrra Fairrrount Garden City Georgeto.vn Hagan Hiram lccust Grove Hilan Newborn Qrega Pearson Plains Richland Trenton Tunnel Hill Unadilla walthourville
Abbeville Alarro Alston Alto Argyle Arnoldsville Austell Avera
Bogart
Broxton Chauncey Collins Collidge Currrning Daisy Dupont Edison Fort ~lethorpe Gainesville Gibson Gillsville Grayson

Date of Election for Municipal Officers (continued)

-Mon-th

Date

First 'TI:mrsday First Friday

Municipality
Grovetown Hoboken Hogansville Harrerville Jeffersonville laGrange lavonia Maysville M:::Donough furven oakv.a:xi Oxford Portal Poulan Rochelle Royston Sandersville Screven Smithville Social Circle Stapelton Stone Mountain Sycarrore Sylvester
Tarryta.Nn
Temple Thomson Tocmsboro Tyrone Uvalda Varnell Vienna warwick
Claxton Ideal loganville Milner funroe Russell Sale City Statesboro
Toccoa
Union Point Walnut Grove
Colbert

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Date of Election for Hunicipal Officers (continued)

Month

Date Second r.t:>nday

Second Tuesday

Second W=dnesday
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Municipal
Boston Ellijay Fort Gaines Harlem Mansfield Sylvania
Ailey Allenhurst Arrericus Arabi Avalon Baxley
Bron~
Cedartown Clarkesville Cleveland Cobbt.o\-m Crawford D2rrorest Ellaville Euharlee Franklin Springs Hazelhurst Helen Kingsland f.k;Intyre
!~tter
Mount Vernon Pembroke Plainville Port W=.ntworth Scotland Sparks Sumrert:a.vn Tennille Waverly Hall W'lite
Baldwin Camak Carnesville Cochran Elberton Eirerson Glennville Gordon Irwinton Lithonia

Date of Election for Hunicipal Officers (continued)
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Date
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Municipality
Aldora Carl Edgehill Good Hope Jersey Nicholls North High Shoals Sharon Siloam Sl.Ill1tErville 'Ihe Rock White Plains

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