Early voting in U.S. Senate runoffs opens smoothly in Clarke, Oconee
The first day of early voting in Athens went off without a hitch Monday as 1,402 voters turned out to cast ballots in the two U.S. Senate runoff elections that have garnered national attention. “We had lines, but nobody was in line over, I’d say, 15 minutes,” Athens-Clarke County Elections Assistant Pam Long said Tuesday. The Jan. 5 runoff election for the two seats pits incumbent Republican David Perdue against Democratic Party challenger Jon Ossoff and incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler against Democrat Raphael Warnock. The elections are expected to determine which party controls the...
Source: onlineathens.com