Whitfield and Murray County residents can go back to the polls today to decide two runoff elections in each county. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In Whitfield County, incumbent Melica Kendrick faces Susan Miller in the runoff for the Republican nomination for clerk of Superior Court. No Democrat qualified for that post. Kendrick garnered 48.87 percent of the vote (4,640) in a four-way race on July 31 while Miller received 20.68 percent (1,964). Fifty percent of the vote plus one is needed to avoid a runoff.
And incumbent Kaye Cope faces Jerry Leonard in a nonpartisan runoff for a seat on Magistrate Court. Cope, who has been a magistrate judge for 28 years, received 47.76 percent of the vote (5,198) in the four-way race on July 31. Leonard, who is in the insurance business, received 21.7 percent (2,362).
In Murray County, Gary Langford and Wyle Keith Pritchett meet in the runoff for the Republican nomination for sheriff. The winner will face incumbent Democrat Howard Ensley in the November general election.
In the three-way July 31 election, Langford received 49.79 percent of the vote (2,248) while Pritchett garnered 34.97 percent (1,579).
And Eric Hooker and John Waters face each other in a runoff for the nonpartisan part-time Magistrate Court Post 2. In a six-way race on July 31, Hooker got 23.3 percent of the vote (1,338) and Waters got 21.4 percent (1,226).
Voters must bring one of the following forms of photo ID: a Georgia driver’s license; a Georgia voter ID card; U.S. passport; military ID; tribal ID; an employee ID issued by the federal government, state government or any city, county, authority or board in this state; any other form of state or federal ID.
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August 21, 2012
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