Your gift goes further during NewsMatch — donate today and double your impact! The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. From now until Dec. 31 your gift will be matched. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens-Clarke County (ACC) had a 59% voter turnout in the midterm elections, with 43,033 of 73,201 registered voters casting a ballot. Election officials inside of the ACC Facilities Management building cheered, “We did it,” at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday night and had the votes submitted to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s website by 11:04 p.m. Two local elections in ACC were unopposed. Democrat Will Fleenor was reelected, who has served as the ACC Solicitor General since 2023. Ray Charles Rozier, who currently serves as the Clarke County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, was also reelected. Two local sales tax measures were also on the ballot. The Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) passed with 51.85% of the votes, which adds a 1% sales tax for those who shop, dine or stay in ACC which would then be used to lower property taxes. Voters also decided to renew the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST), the existing 1% sales tax to fund school improvements in the Clarke County School District. The tax received 72.32% of votes. The county voted 73.78% in favor of Keisha Lance Bottoms in the race for governor. In the race for the senate, 78.51% of the county voted for Senator Jon…
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