What: The 2014 Primary Election is today, May 20. There are Newton County, Georgia and U.S. races on the ballot. Voters must choose to vote in either the Republican or Democratic primaries; they can also vote in the nonpartisan primary, but that will only include nonpartisan races.
When: The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: For a list of the county’s 22 polling places, see our list below.
What do you need: A valid Georgia driver’s license, U.S. passport, or government or military photo ID; people can also apply for a Georgia Voter ID Card at the Board of Elections or local Department of Driver’s Services (documentation that includes full legal name, date of birth, residential address and proof that the person is a registered voter is needed)
Who’s left: Newton County has 55,141 active registered voters. The county also has 9,137 inactive voters who are still eligible to vote, though they may have to cast a provisional ballot.
What’s at stake: A couple of races with local impact will be entirely decided in the primary, including the Newton County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat, the state house 113 seat and the U.S. Representative District 4 seat, none of which has any Republican contenders.
Here’s the full list of contested primary elections (an asterisk means the race will be decided totally in the primary):
BOC District 2, Democratic
• Lanier Sims (incumbent)
• Earnest Simmons
*BOC District 4, Democratic
• J.C. Henderson (incumbent)
• Sonya Hunte
• Jacquelyn Smith
Ga. House District 112, Republican
• Dave Belton
• Aaron Brooks
• Ester Fleming
*Ga. House District 113, Democratic
• Pam Dickerson (incumbent)
• Sharon Sawyer
Governor, Republican
• Nathan Deal, incumbent
• John Barge
• David Pennington
*U.S. House District 4, Democratic
• Hank Johnson (incumbent)
• Tom Brown
U.S. House District 10, Republican
• Brian Slowinski
• Donna Sheldon
• Gary Gerrard
• Jody Hice
• Mike Collins
• Mitchell Swan
• Stephen Simpson
U.S. Senate, Republican
• Art Gardner
• David Perdue
• Derrick Grayson
• Jack Kingston
• Phil Gingrey
• Karen Handel
• Paul Broun
U.S. Senate, Democratic
• Branko “Rad” Radulovacki
• Michelle Nunn
• O. “Steen” Miles
• Todd Robinson
Other contested races
• State school superintendent, Republican and Democratic
• Public service commissioner, one seat is contested on Republican side
• Secretary of state, Democratic
• Insurance commissioner, Democratic
Where to vote: Newton County has 22 polling places. To make sure you go to the right one on Election Day, go to mvp.sos.state.ga.us and type in your information or download the app “GA Votes.” If you happen to have your voter card handy, that will also have your polling place.
ALCOVY
Covington Branch Library,
7116 Floyd St., Covington
ALMON
Almon Community House,
65 Mt. Tabor Road, Covington
BEAVERDAM
Gateway Community Church,
11677 Brown Bridge Road, Covington
BREWERS
Red Oak Methodist Church,
15105 Ga. Highway 36, Covington
BRICKSTORE
St. Augustine Catholic Church,
11524 U.S. Highway 278 E., Covington
BUCK CREEK
Zion Baptist Church,
7037 Ga. Highway 212, Covington
CEDAR SHOALS
Porterdale Baptist Church,
North Broad Street, Porterdale
CITY POND
Central Community Church
11157 City Pond Road, Covington
COV. MILLS
American Legion Post 32,
3132 Legion Drive, Covington
CROWELL
The Potter’s House,
1120 Crowell Road N., Covington
DOWNS
Prospect United Methodist Church,
6752 Ga. Highway 212, Covington
FAIRVIEW
Belmont Baptist Church,
3275 Iris Drive, S.E., Conyers
GUM CREEK
Gum Creek Precinct Building,
325 Dial Mill Road, Oxford
HUB
Berean Baptist Church,
20 Old Social Circle Road, Social Circle
LEGUINN
High Point Baptist Church,
12025 Ga. Highway 36, Covington
LIVINGSTON
County Line Baptist Church,
3325 Ga. Highway 162 S., Covington
MANSFIELD
Mansfield Community House, 3158 Ga. Highway 11, Mansfield
NEWBORN
Newborn United Methodist Church,
118 Church St., Newborn
OXFORD
Oxford City Hall
110 W Clark St., Oxford
ROCKY PLAINS
Harvest Baptist Church,
2705 Ga. Highway 212, Covington
STANSELLS
Voice of Pentecost
4648 Salem Road, Covington
TOWN
Washington Street Community Center
4138 School St., Covington
