Richmond County voters will have an extra day of voting in the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff this Sunday, Nov. 27.
Advance voting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at four locations Sunday, the first day of in-person voting in the runoff.
Two Augusta legislators and two commissioners made a formal request to expand early voting by potentially adding Tuesday (Nov. 22), Saturday and Sunday. A federal lawsuit allowed the addition of Saturday, but the state is appealing the ruling.
“Saturday is kind of in limbo, but without a doubt you can go forward with Sunday,” said state Sen. Harold Jones. Jones along with Rep. Gloria Frazier and Augusta commissioners Jordan Johnson and Francine Scott asked for the three extra days.
“I’m good with what we had. We wanted Saturday, but we didn’t get Saturday, we got Sunday,” Scott said.
Scott said she hoped moving forward, officials will prepare to ensure voters have the most opportunities to vote.
“I just think we need to do a little more planning for future elections and runoff elections so voters can have access to the polls, especially when their work makes it hard to get out to vote,” she said.
At a called Monday meeting, with no discussion Richmond County Board of Elections approved adding only Sunday, said Travis Doss, executive director for the elections board.
In addition to the senate runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, Augusta voters in District 2 will decide a runoff between incumbent Charlie Hannah and the Rev. Larry Fryer.
Statewide, some counties have added Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday as additional voting days.
Richmond County voters will have six days of advance, in-person voting in Richmond County at one of the four sites starting Sunday. Any registered voter can cast a ballot early for any reason at one of the locations, which will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays:
- -Linda W. Beazley Community Room in Augusta Municipal Building, 535 Telfair St.
- -Henry Brigham Recreation Center, 2463 Golden Camp Road
- -Robert Howard Community Center at 103 Diamond Lakes Way
- -Warren Road Community Center, 300 Warren Road
Monday also marks the start of advance voting in the Dec. 20 special primary to replace District 129 state Rep. Henry “Wayne” Howard, who died in office in October.
