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A slight technical problem in Franklin County Tuesday temporarily slowed the voting process at all 13 precincts.  All of the scanners in Franklin County crashed at every precinct.  The scanners are the machines that read a voter’s valid photo ID and allows poll workers to issue a voter card. But Bob Ragsdale, poll manager at the Lavonia Precinct said Elections […]

Turn out in both counties was moderate for a mid-term election, but better than expected. In Franklin County, poll workers tell WLHR News voting was steady Tuesday. “It’s three minutes till the polls close and we had 446 people who have voted, said Lavonia Precinct Poll Manager Bob Ragsdale. “They tell me there are 1,400 registered voters here. This is […]

In the State races, voters in Franklin and Hart Counties threw their support behind two incumbents who ran unopposed. Franklin County voters said a big Yes to another four year term for Republican Governor Nathan Deal. Deal took Franklin County with 79.75% of the vote to challenger Jason Carter’s 17.83%. Hart County voters also chose Deal over Carter giving Deal […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County follows the state in Election results from Tuesday night. Looking at Tuesday’s election results, Stephens County voters selected the same candidates as the state and region did in major races, though by different margins. In the race for U.S. Senate in Stephens County, 3,914 people voted for Republican David Perdue, compared to […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton District Two in Elbert County will have a new commissioner. That was going to be the case regardless of the outcome of last night’s election as current Commissioner Harold Reynolds chose not to seek re-election. The race was between Republican candidate Lee Vaughn and Democratic candidate Perry Rhodes. Lee Vaughn tallied a total of […]