Tuesday brings Primary Day in Georgia for Presidential nomination race now sewn up following Super Tuesday vote
The numbers reflected the mood of the voters: this one was destined to become a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Who will end up president for the next four years is still up for November’s ballot, but for now Georgia is going to the polls to confirm the decision everyone expected.
Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary wrapped up on Friday with less than 2,000 ballots cast ahead of the the March 12 Primary Day vote. Polls will open across the county on Tuesday morning starting at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m.
Of note, voters in Aragon will be reporting to City Hall and the courtroom to cast their ballot on Tuesday. Expect City Hall to remain the precinct for Aragon voters through the rest of this year’s cycle.
Early voters in Cedartown and Rockmart over the past three weeks were considerably lower than expected. Only 1,078 voters cast a ballot in Cedartown ahead of Georgia’s Primary Day and 775 went to Rockmart to vote. All told, that provided 1,853 votes cast ahead of Tuesday’s party nomination election for the state.
Additionally, 134 ballots were sent out by mal, and 89 have been returned and accepted. No ballots have been marked as rejected as of this posting on the Board of Elections website.
The GOP race is all but sewn up after one challenger after another dropped out of the race over the past few months during early Primary season. The last holdout was former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who bowed out of the race after last week’s Super Tuesday loss to former President Trump.
President Biden has thus far won every state in Primary contention for the Democratic Party, looking to retain his office for four more years in the White House. He delivered the State of the Union address this past Thursday ahead of a month of campaigning for his agenda.
The Presidential Preference Primary in Georgia is the first time voters are being called to the polls this year.
Georgia will hold the local and state race primaries (including congressional races) on May 21, with the opportunity for run-offs in contested races for June. The November 5 vote this year will locally only decide congressional and presidential races, since most of the ballot locally was decided with qualifying this past week.
The contested races for the May 21 vote include two school board races, two county commission races, a race for coroner and a race for surveyor. One school board seat, one county commission seat, four judges, clerk of the Superior Court, District Attorney, Sheriff and Tax Commissioner are all running for their seats without opposition.
