Interest was in the double-digits Monday on the first day of early voting in the Nov. 7 general election.
Augusta voters are deciding a referendum on imposing a new sales tax to fund construction of an arena.
Grovetown voters are selecting a mayor and council members.
Eighty-seven people cast ballots in the arena referendum Monday. Advance voting will be held at the Augusta Municipal Building only through Saturday.
“Everything went smoothly today. We had a steady flow of voters. We didn’t have any problems or issues reported. It was a good first day,” said Travis Doss, executive director for Richmond County Board of Elections.
Columbia County Elections Director Nancy Gay said Grovetown voting was similarly uneventful.
Thirty-six of Grovetown’s approximately 11,000 active and inactive voters cast ballots Monday, she said.
The Grovetown advance voting site is at the former Euchee Creek Library.
Turnout is predictably low in the single-issue elections happening in both counties. Blythe, in south Richmond County, also has a council post contest on the ballot.
Augusta voters are deciding whether to impose a half-cent sales tax to fund construction of a new James Brown Arena. A referendum on raising property taxes to fund a new arena failed at the polls last year.
Grovetown voters will decide whether to keep Gary Jones as mayor or select council members Ceretta Smith or Deborah Fisher for the post.
Either woman would become Grovetown’s first Black mayor if elected.
