In the race for tax commissioner of Newton County, two-term incumbent Republican Barbara Dingler is challenged by Democrat Nicholas Day, a retired employee of the Henry County Tax Commissioner’s Office. While Dingler is campaigning on a platform of continuing to improve the Tax Commissioner’s Office through things like allowing customers to pay their taxes using credit cards, Day is campaigning on the promise that he will work to eliminate school property taxes for all senior citizens. "If I’m elected tax commissioner and as a citizen of Newton County I have the right to ask for a referendum