2026 General Election

The Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration will hold a special called meeting on Monday, November 9th, 2026 at 3:00 pm at 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143 (Board of Elections & Registration Office) to certify the November 3, 2026 General Election. The public are invited to attend.

The Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration will hold a special meeting on Friday, November 6th, 2026 at 2:00 pm at 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143 (Board of Elections & Registration Office) to pre-certify the November 3, 2026 General Election. The public are invited to attend.

The public may view this process as authorized by law.

The Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration hereby provides public notice of the County Election Superintendent’s intent to begin opening absentee ballots prior to the close of the polls on November 3, 2026. Pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 21-2-386(a)(2)(A), the Pickens County Election’s Office intends to start opening and processing absentee ballots beginning no earlier than 4:00 pm on November 3, 2026. The opening and processing of absentee ballots will take place at the Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration Office, 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143. For additional information, contact the Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration at (706)253-8781.

Important Note: Georgia Law provides that all observers and monitors of the opening and tabulation process must be sequestered to the Tabulation Center until 7:00 pm (poll closing time). During the sequestration, monitors and observers will be prohibited from any contact with the news media; contact with other persons not involved in monitoring and observing or conducting the tabulation. In addition, monitors and observes shall not use any type of communication device, including radios, telephones, and cellular telephones; shall not utilize computers for the purpose of email, instant messaging, or other forms of communication; and shall not communicate any information concerning the tabulation until the time for closing the polls at 7 pm.

This 26th day of October 2026.

The public may view this process as authorized by law.

The Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration hereby provides public notice of the County Election Superintendent’s intent to begin the absentee ballot tabulation process prior to the close of the polls on November 3, 2026. Pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 21-2-386(a)(3), the Pickens County Election’s Office shall start the tabulation process for absentee ballots beginning no earlier than 6:00 pm on Election Day, Tuesday November 3, 2026 at 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143 in order to expediate the final tabulation of absentee ballots. Monitors may view the tabulation process as authorized by O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386(a)(3). In addition, all persons conducting the tabulation of absentee ballots on November 3, 2026, including the Vote Review Panel, shall be sequestered until the time for the closing of the polls. For additional information, contact the Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration Office at (706)253-8781.

Important Note: Georgia Law provides that all observers and monitors of the opening and tabulation process must be sequestered to the Tabulation Center until 7:00 pm (poll closing time). During the sequestration, monitors and observers will be prohibited from any contact with the news media; contact with other persons not involved in monitoring and observing or conducting the tabulation. In addition, monitors and observes shall not use any type of communication device, including radios, telephones, and cellular telephones; shall not utilize computers for the purpose of email, instant messaging, or other forms of communication; and shall not communicate any information concerning the tabulation until the time for closing the polls at 7 pm.

This 26th day of October 2026.

Notice is hereby given that on October 5th, 2026 a logic and accuracy test of the Dominion Voting System will be held at the Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration office located at 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper, Georgia 30143, commencing at 9 am and continuing until all units have been tested and prepared for the November 3rd, 2026 General/ Special Election.

This testing shall remain open to the public to observe, and members of the public are entitled to be present during the preparation and testing of the Dominion units.

This notice is given pursuant to an order of the Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration

Notice is hereby given that Pickens County, Georgia will hold a Special Referendum Election on the November 3, 2026, for the purpose of voting on the question of whether or not the governing authority of Pickens County, Georgia shall be permitted to issue licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits within the unincorporated limits of Pickens County.

The ballot shall read as follows:

Yes or No | "Shall the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits within the unincorporated limits of Pickens County?"

Those desiring to vote in favor of the issuance of licenses shall vote "Yes" Those desiring to vote against issuance of licenses shall vote "No",

Only those voters registered to vote in Pickens County, Georgia shall be allowed to vote in the Special Referendum Election.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall notify the Board of Elections and Registration for Pickens County, Georgia through the Elections Superintendent of the special referendum election by forwarding a copy of this Resolution thereto.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon receipt of this Resolution, the Elections

Superintendent shall issue the call and shall conduct the election in the manner prescribed in O.C.G.A. § 21-2-540.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the registration books to register voter to vote in the special referendum election are to be held open until the 5th day of October 2026.

SO RESOLVED AND ADOPTED ON this 18th day of May 2026.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 3, 2026 an election will be held at the regular polling places in all the election districts of Pickens County, Georgia, at which time there will be submitted to the qualified voters of Pickens County for their determination the question of whether to increase the income cap on the current full homestead exemption that certain senior citizens and disabled persons receive from Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for education purposes from $25,000.00 to $40,000.00.

The ballots to be used at such election shall have written or printed thereon substantially the following:

Yes or No | Shall the Act be approved which increases the income cap on the current full homestead exemption that certain senior citizens and disabled persons receive from Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for education purposes from $25,000.00 to $40,000.00

The several places for holding said election shall be at the regular and established voting precincts of the election districts of Pickens County, Georgia, and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date fixed for the election.

The last day to register to vote in this election shall be October 5, 2026, through 5:00 p.m.

All residents of Pickens County qualified to vote at such election shall be determined in all respects in accordance with the election laws of the State of Georgia.

This notice is given pursuant to Act 590, HB 1551 signed into law by the Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia on May 11, 2026, requiring a local referendum.