Advance and early voting for the May 20 primary and nonpartisan elections begins Monday morning.
Advanced in-person voting will be conducted through May 16 at the Board of Elections and Registration Office, 284 Highway 119 in Springfield, and at the old Marlow Elementary School, 4752 Highway 17 South outside of Guyton.
For 21 days prior to a primary or general election or as soon as practicable for a runoff, voters can cast their ballot in person at either of the early voting locations during regular business hours.
Both locations will be open for voting on the second Saturday prior to each general primary and general election from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Voters must complete an application form and provide one of the six forms of acceptable ID.
Local contested races on the ballot are:
Board of Education
District 4
Elizabeth Helmly
Faith Jaudon
Ben Johnson
Amanda Phillips
County commissioner
District 2
Republican
Vera Jones
Dusty Zeigler
District 3
Republican
Jamie Deloach
Steve Mason
District 5
Republican
David Crawley
Phil Kieffer
Other contested races on the ballot are:
U.S. Senate
Democrat
O. “Steen” Miles
Michelle Nunn
Branko “Rad” Radulovacki
Todd Anthony Robinson
Republican
Paul Broun
Arthur Gardner
Phil Gingrey
Derrick Grayson
Karen Handel
Jack Kingston
David Perdue
Governor
Republican
John Barge
Nathan Deal
David Pennington
U.S. House District 1
Democrat
Brian Reese
Marc Anthony Smith
Amy Tavio
Republican
Darwin Carter
Earl “Buddy” Carter
Jeff Chapman
Robert “Bob” Johnson
John McCallum
U.S. House District 12
Republican
Rick Allen
Delvis Dutton
John Stone
Diane Vann
Eugene Yu
Insurance Commissioner
Democrat
Keith Heard
Elizabeth “Liz” Johnson
Secretary of State
Democrat
Gerald Beckum
Doreen Carter
State school superintendent
Democrat
Tarnisha Dent
Marion Spencer “Denise” Freeman
Jurita Forehand Mays
Alisha Thomas Morgan
R. “Rita” Robinzine
Valarie D. Wilson
Republican
Mary Kay Bacallo
Ashley D. Bell
Michael L. “Mike” Buck
Sharyl H. Dawes
Allen Bowles Fort
Nancy T. Jester
T Fitz Johnson
Kira G. Willis
Richard L. Woods