Below are the 22 polling places in Newton County. Go to mvp.sos.state.ga.us and type in your information to find your polling place:
n ALCOVY
Newton County Library,
7116 Floyd St., Covington
n ALMON
Almon Community House,
65 Mt. Tabor Road, Covington
n BEAVERDAM
Gateway Community Church,
11677 Brown Bridge Road, Covington
n BREWERS
Red Oak Methodist Church,
15105 Ga. Highway 36, Covington
n BRICKSTORE
St. Augustine Catholic Church,
11524 U.S. Highway 278 E., Covington
n BUCK CREEK
Zion Baptist Church,
7037 Ga. Highway 212, Covington
n CEDAR SHOALS
Porterdale Baptist Church,
North Broad Street, Porterdale
n CITY POND
Central Community Church
11157 City Pond Road, Covington
n COVINGTON MILLS
American Legion Post 32,
3132 Legion Drive, Covington
n CROWELL
The Potter's House,
1120 Crowell Road N., Covington
n DOWNS
Prospect United Methodist Church,
6752 Ga. Highway 212,
Covington
n FAIRVIEW
Belmont Baptist Church,
3275 Iris Drive, S.E., Conyers
n GUM CREEK
Gum Creek Precinct Building,
Dial Mill Road, Oxford
n HUB
Berean Baptist Church,
20 Old Social Circle Road, Social Circle
n LEGUINN
High Point Baptist Church,
12025 Ga. Highway 36, Covington
n LIVINGSTON
County Line Baptist Church,
3325 Ga. Highway 162 S., Covington
n MANSFIELD
Mansfield Community House,
3158 Ga. Highway 11, Mansfield
n NEWBORN
Newborn United Methodist Church,
118 Church St., Newborn
n OXFORD
Oxford Community Center,
810 Whatcoat St., Oxford
n ROCKY PLAINS
Harvest Baptist Church,
2705 Ga. Highway 212, Covington
n STANSELLS
Believer's Fellowship
Assembly of God,
1855 Christian Circle, S.E., Conyers
n TOWN
Washington Street Community Center,
4138 School St., Covington
Today is the last day for early voting before Tuesday's Primary Election, and more than 3,700 voters have already cast their ballots.
In a crowded local election, which includes a few races that will be decided entirely in the primary, voters from both parties have been turning out. As of Thursday morning, 2,084 Republicans had either voted in office or mailed in ballots, while 1,564 Democrats had done so. In addition, 104 voters chose to vote only non-partisan.
This was the first year that the state of Georgia implemented early voting on one Saturday - with 171 voters showing up July 21 - and the first year Newton County used a satellite early voting center at Porter Memorial Branch Library for one week - 93 voters have cast ballots there Monday through Wednesday of this week. Early voting is still available today at the Porter branch, 6191 Ga. Highway 212, Covington.
There will be no early voting Monday, while the official election will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. See the list of polling places in the accompanying box on page 3A. To find which polling place voters need to use, voters can look on their voter registration card or visit mvp.sos.state.ga.us and type in their information.
The polling locations for two Newton County voting precincts are different this year. The Oxford precinct will be moved to Oxford City Hall, 110 West Clark St., and the Stansells precinct will be moved to Voice of Pentecost, 4648 Salem Road.
The Newton County Citizens for Better Government are offering to take any citizens who need transportation to the polls. Residents can call (678) 712-9927 and should be ready to give their address, name of their subdivision and voting precinct so the driver can schedule rides efficiently.
First and final decision
Multiple local, state and federal races will be decided entirely in the primary, including:
• District 1 Board of Commissioners, R, between John Douglas and John Strauss
• District 4 Board of Education, D, between Franklin Perry and Almond Turner (I)
• State representative 113, D, between Pam Dickerson (I), Toney Collins and Sharon Sawyer
• State representative 109, R, between Dale Rutledge and Steve Davis (I)
• U.S. representative 10, R, between Paul Broun (I) and Steven K. Simpson
