Early voting for the special election for the Georgia House of Representatives District 125 race will start later this month.
Early voting will take place from Jan. 22 – Feb. 9, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday voting will take place on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All early voting will take place at the former Euchee Creek Library in Grovetown.
Election Day is Tuesday, Feb. 13 and voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations in Columbia County:
010 – Kiokee Baptist Church
016 – Woodlawn Baptist Church
020 – Harlem Branch Library
022 – Harlem Senior Center
024 – Second Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
025 – the Former Euchee Creek Library
030 – Liberty Park
031 – Grovetown Methodist Church
032 – Greater Augusta Apostolic Church
033 – Grovetown DPS Station #2
034 – Grovetown Branch Library
040 – Eubank Blanchard Community Center
062 – Parkway Baptist Church
068 – Parkway Elementary School
075 – Belair Baptist Church
Only voters who are registered to vote at one of these precincts will be able to vote in the election. The deadline to register to vote is Jan. 16.
There are five candidates running in this race: CJ Pearson (Republican), Gary Richardson (Republican), Jim Steed (Republican), Kay Turner (Democrat) and John Turpish (Libertarian).
Stephanie Hill is the managing editor and covers Columbia County government for The Augusta Press. Reach her at stephanie@theaugustapress.com.