The ACC Board of Elections is considering changing the locations of six voting locations and adding a new precinct, as the county’s population has shifted in the more than two decades since precincts were last adjusted.
Two polling places—Georgia Square Mall and the Multimodal Transportation Center—will be affected by construction over the next several years. Some others have parking or accessibility issues, or are no longer in central locations relative to voters. The board is considering:
• moving Precinct 1A from the Winterville Train Depot to the Winterville Community Center.
• moving Precinct 4A from the multimodal center to the Athens-Ben Epps Airport community room.
• moving Precinct 5D from ACC Fleet Management to the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia.
• moving Precinct 6B from the mall to the ACC Extension Office.
• combining Precinct 6D (Fire Station #4) with Precinct 5B (Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School).
• moving Precinct 7C from Fire Station #3 to Milledge Avenue Baptist Church.
• creating a new precinct at the Miriam Moore Community Center or Heard Park.
A full list of precincts and polling places can be found here.
Public hearings on the potential changes will be held at 6 p.m. June 20 in the community room at the airport’s commercial terminal and June 27 at the extension office (275 Cleveland Road). The BOE is scheduled to vote on the changes at its July 11 meeting.
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