NOTICES

Pickens County will be conducting a Risk Limiting Audit of the November 5th, 2024, General Election. This audit will take place on Monday November 18th, 2024, at the Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration, 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper, GA 30143. The audit will begin at 10:00 am and continue until it is complete. 

Inquires should be directed to Pickens County Election Supervisor, Stacey Godfrey, at sagodfrey@pickenscountyga.gov.

The Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration will hold a special called meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 3:00 pm at 1266 East Church Street, Jasper GA 30143 (downstairs in the Pickens Room). The public is invited to attend.

Stacey Godfrey

Supervisor, Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration

The Pickens County Board of Voter Registrations & Elections will hold a public meeting to conduct the computation and canvassing of the November 5, 2024, General Primary on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., to continue day to day until completed, in the Voter Registrations & Elections Office, 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143.

The purpose of the meeting will be for discussion and consideration of the items as outlined in the agenda below and such other business as may properly come before the Board. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

Stacey Godfrey

Supervisor, Pickens County Board of Election

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Pickens County Board of Elections Computation & Canvassing of the November 5, 2024 General Primary November 5, 2024 at 9 a.m. to continue until completed at the Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration 3100 Camp Road, Suite B, Jasper GA 30143.

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Computation and Canvassing of votes, to continue day to day until completed (O.C.G.A. 21-2-493(a)) (due to the nature of the canvassing function, the Board will be moving and active, and may intermittently separate out of and return to a quorum. No votes or action will be taken while performing this canvassing function).
3. Board approval to post Unofficial and Incomplete Election Results
4. Adjourn 

The Pickens County Board of Elections and Registration has canceled the November 5, 2024 meeting. The next regular scheduled meeting will be Tuesday December 3, 2024 at 

6:00 pm in the Pickens Room at the County Administrative Building, 1266 East Church Street, Jasper, GA 30143. 

Stacey Godfrey, Supervisor

Pickens County Elections and Registration

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 5, 2024. 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 5, 2024 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 5, 2024, 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 28th day of October 2024.

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 5, 2024. 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 5, 2024. 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 28th day of October 2024.

Notice is hereby given that on October 7th, 2024, 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 10 am and continuing until all units have been tested and prepared for the November 5, 2024, General 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

Stacey Godfrey, Supervisor 

Pickens County Elections and Registration

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 5th day of November 2024, an election will be held in all of the precincts of Pickens County. At the election there will be submitted to the qualified voters of Pickens County for their determination the question of whether or not a special 1 percent Single County Transportation Special Purpose Local Options Sales and Use Tax shall be imposed in the special district of Pickens County for a term not to exceed five years and for the purpose of raising an estimated amount of $50,000,000 to fund the hereinafter described capital outlay projects.

Voters desiring to vote for the one percent sales and use tax shall do so by voting "YES" and voters desiring to vote against such sales and use tax shall do so by voting "NO" to the following question propounded on the election ballot:

"( ) YES 

( ) NO Shall a special I percent sales and use tax be imposed in the special district 

consisting of Pickens County for a period of time not to exceed five (5) years 

and for the raising of an estimated amount of $50,000,000 in revenue for

the purposes of County and City road improvement projects consisting of 

road paving, patching, resurfacing, widening, and improvements to 

intersections, crosswalks, and road drainage throughout Pickens County.

The several places for holding the election shall be in the regular and established precincts of Pickens County and at the times fixed by law. Those qualified to vote at the election shall be determined in all respects in accordance and in conformity with the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America and of the State of Georgia.

This notice is given pursuant to joint action of the Board of Commissioners of Pickens County and the Superintendent of Elections of Pickens County.

Stacey Godfrey, Supervisor

Pickens County Board of Elections & Registration