After the first eight days of early voting, including the first of two voting Saturdays, more than 6,200 Bulloch County residents, or roughly 12% of the county’s active, registered voters, had voted early in-person or by absentee ballot. The eighth day was the halfway point for early voting, with 14 weekdays plus two Saturdays on the schedule before the Tuesday, Nov. 3 traditional Election Day. Last Saturday, when 412 Bulloch citizens voted in-person, appears to have set an all-time record for Saturday voting in Bulloch County, reported county Election Supervisor Shontay Jones. That was despite last Saturday also being the slowest single day for early voting so far toward the Nov. 3 general election. The busiest day was the previous Wednesday, Oct. 14, when 851 voters cast in-person ballots. In addition to continuing to host Monday through Friday early voting, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. from now until Friday, Oct. 30, the elections office in the County Annex, 113 North Main St., Suite 201, will host a second and final Saturday voting opportunity, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 24. (The annex is the only Saturday voting site, and there will be no voting on Oct. 31.) Meanwhile, one additional early voting site has opened this week, but for only three days. A room on the Georgia Southern University campus, in the Russell Union building at 85 Georgia Avenue, has been staffed for this purpose Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 20-22, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. So that location was set to be available…
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