Advance Voting for Next Tuesday’s Run-off Election Ends Today

Advance or Early voting ends today for the Franklin County run-off election.

The election is next Tuesday, June 18.

Voters in Franklin County are deciding on four local races, County Sheriff, County Commission Chair, and County Commission seats for Districts 1 and 2.

In the race for County Sheriff, candidates Scott Andrews and Brian Stovall are running.

Joe Greene and Courtney Long are vying for the County Commission Chair seat.

Wanda Thompson and Tyler Owenby are running for the County Commission District 1 seat, and Cory Pulliam and Sam Freeman are running for the County Commission District 2 seat.

According to Franklin County Election Supervisor Tracy Creason, early voting this week has been busy. As of Thursday afternoon, 1,179 people had opted to advance vote.

Creason said there have been no problems or issues with early voting and she reminds anyone planning to cast a ballot today must do so before 5p.

There is no early voting on Saturday.

On Tuesday, voters in Franklin County will go to their assigned precinct to vote.