The dust has hardly settled from last year's elections but Georgia is fast approaching another election day.
November 7 is the date set aside for municipal elections in the state this year. Officialy, its an election off-year, meaning no national or statewide offices are up for grabs. But, that's not true of hundreds of local posts around Georgia, mostly for mayor, city council, and city school board.
Qualifying for these elections begins Monday. The closing dates vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The deadline is Wednesday in some places, Friday in others.
In Hall County. 28 seats will be at stake:
*Buford (portions of which are also in Gwinnett County):
City Commission Post 2 - Chris Burge
City Commission Post 3 - Michael Smith
School Board - Bruce Fricks
School Board - Pat Pirkle
*Braselton (portions of which are also in Jackson, Barrow and Gwinnett counties)
Mayor - Bill Orr
District 2 City Council - Peggy Slappey
District 4 City Council - Rhonda Sites
*Lula (portions of which are in Banks County)
Mayor - Milton Turner
Post 2 City Council - Marvin Moore
Post 3 City Council - Mordecai Wilson
*Gillsville
Mayor - Larry Poole
Council Post 1 - Roy Turpin
Council Post 2 - Vacant
*Gainesville
Mayor - Danny Dunagan
City Council Ward 1 - Sam Couvillon
City Council Ward 4 - George Wangemann
School Board District 1 - Brett Mercer
School Board District 4 - Delores Diaz
*Oakwood
Mayor - Lamar Scroggs
City Council Post 1 - Sam Evans
City Council Post 2 - Pat Jones
*Flowery Branch
Mayor - Mike Miller
City Council Post 3 - Fred Richards
City Council Post 4 - Joe Anglin
City Council Post 5 - Monica Beatty
*Clermont
Mayor - James Nix
City Council Ward 3 - Margaret Merritt
City Council Wardt 4 - Kristi Crumpton
Across northeast Georgia, scores of other cities and towns will be holding qualifying next week.
http://accesswdun.com/article/2017/8/571122/qualifying-begins-this-week-for-nov-city-elections-across-georgia