DALTON —
Early voting in the Aug. 10 runoff for statewide and local offices started Friday in Whitfield County and is scheduled to start on Monday in Murray County.
Early voters must go to the Board of Elections and Registrar’s Office in the Whitfield County Courthouse at 205 N. Selvidge St. to cast their ballot, or to the same office in Murray County at the Courthouse Annex at 121 N. Fourth Ave.
Election
July 31, 2010
Early voting in Dalton under way; Chatsworth on Monday
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Group wants to change city’s voting system
America Gruner talks about voter districts during a meeting of the League of Women Voters on Tuesday. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
Hispanics make up 47 percent of Dalton’s population and 40 percent of its voting-age population, but there are no Hispanics on the City Council.
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Absentee ballots going out Saturday in Whitfield
Absentee ballots for disabled and out of town individuals will be mailed out starting Jan. 21, or as absentee ballot applications are received, said Kay Staten, Board of Elections registrar.
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Local observers say GOP race just starting
Just a few weeks ago, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum stood at single digits in most polls, at fifth place or worse in the GOP field. But on Tuesday the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania finished second in the Iowa caucuses, a mere eight votes below former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Georgia presidential primary looms
With the Iowa caucuses over, the presidential campaign season is in full swing, and it won’t be long before the candidates set their sights on Georgia.
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Santorum, Paul campaign out West as Florida votes
Republicans Ron Paul and Rick Santorum ignored Florida’s primary and campaigned out west Tuesday, turning their attention to delegate-rich caucus states and vowing to remain in the presidential contest.
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Romney wins big in Florida, routing Gingrich
Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press on despite the one-sided setback
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Romney credits change in tactics for Florida surge
Mitt Romney said Monday he has overcome his South Carolina setback and returned to the Republican primary forefront by aggressively returning Newt Gingrich’s fire and by presenting himself as a Washington outsider. Gingrich said Romney is “pretending he’s somebody he’s not.”
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Gingrich tags Romney with 'liberal’ label
LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — Newt Gingrich on Sunday called GOP president rival Mitt Romney a “pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase liberal.”
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Romney, Gingrich joust over ties to Reagan
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he was vastly closer to President Ronald Reagan than his opponents.
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Santorum, Paul campaign out West as Florida votes
