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Voter Guide | Everything you need to know about Georgia's May 21 Primary Election

Georgia voters will head to the polls May 21. Here's a county-by-county guide with everything you need to know about what's on the ballot where you live.

GEORGIA, — Georgia's Primary Election is May 21. Voters will decide who will be the next holders of local seats such as sheriff, county commission, various judgeships, tax commission, and coroner.  Early voting starts Monday and ends May 17.

Here's a county-by-county list of everything on the ballot where you live and dates you need to know before Election Day.

April 22: Voter registration deadline

May 10: Absentee ballot request deadline

May 21: Absentee ballot return deadline:

County-by-County

BRANTLEY

Contested Races: 

Brantley County Commission Chair:

  • Chris Allen (Republican)
  • Chris Harris (Republican)

Brantley County Probate Judge:

  • Cassie Lee (Nonpartisan)
  • Jonathan McMillan (Nonpartisan)
  • Justin Smith (Nonpartisan)

Uncontested Races:

County Legislature/Executive Board

  • Position 2: Hall Herndon (Republican)
  • Position 3: Randy E. Davison (Republican)

Brantley County Superior Court Clerk

  • Debbie Sirmans (Republican)

Brantley County Sheriff

  • Len Davis (Republican)

County Surveyor

  • Harry A. Strickland (Republican)

County Coroner

  • Wyatt C. Blount (Republican)

County Tax Commission

  • Pat Dowling Tompkins (Republican)

County Court Chief Magistrate

  • Jeff A. Thomas (Nonpartisan)

CAMDEN

Contested Races:

Camden County Sheriff

Uncontested Races:

County Superior Court Clerk:

  • Joy Lynn Turner (Republican)

County Coroner

  • Morris Wayne Peeples (Republican)

County Tax Commission

  • Lillian Elizabeth Soles (Republican)

County Court Chief Magistrate

  • Jennifer Elaine Lewis (Nonpartisan)

County Court Probate Judge

  • Robert Carleton Sweatt Jr. (Nonpartisan)

CHARLTON

Contested Races:

Early Voting location: Elections & Registration Office, 1520 Third St., STE C, Folkston, GA

Charlton County Sheriff

  • Ernest "Dobie" Conner (Republican)
  • Robert W. Phillips (Republican)
  • Ronnie Buck Pollock (Republican)

County Tax Commission

  • James M. McGurn (Republican)
  • Debra T. Mizell (Republican)

Uncontested Races:

County Legislature/Executive Board

  • District 2: James E. Everett (Democratic)
  • District 3: Jesse Crews (Republican)

County Superior Court Clerk

  • Wendy Whitaker-Lee (Republican)

County Coroner/Medical Examiner

  • Blaine Murray (Republican)

County Court Judge/Probate-Magistrate

  • Cheryl McMillan

GLYNN

Contested Races:

County Commission - At Large

  • Elizabeth Atkins (Republican)
  • Walter Rafolski (Republican)
  • Julian "Puddy" Smith (Republican)

County Solicitor General

  • Maria Lugue (Nonpartisan)
  • James Wrixam Mcllvaine (Nonpartisan)

Uncontested Races:

Superior Court Clerk

  • Rebecca J. Walden (Republican)

County Court Clerk:

  • Brenda Moody Boone-Cove (Nonpartisan)

Glynn County Sheriff:

  • E. Neal Jump (Republican)

County Surveyor:

  • C. Teeple Hill (Republican)

County Coroner/Medical Examiner:

  • Marc Neu (Republican)

County Tax Commissioner:

  • J.L. "Jeff" Chapman (Republican)

County Court Chief Magistrate:

  • Steven L. Morgan

County Probate Judge:

  • Kelly S. Lanier (Republican)

PIERCE

Contested Races:

County Legislature/Executive Board:

District 1:

  • Danny Christmas (Republican)
  • Troy Mattox (Republican)
  • Harold Rozier (Republican)

District 3:

  • Randy Dixon (Republican)
  • James Jim Riggins (Republican)

Pierce County Sheriff:

  • Ramsey Bennett (Republican)
  • H. Grady Wilson (Republican)

County Coroner/Medical Examiner:

  • Kellyn Carter (Republican)
  • William L. Wilson Jr. (Republican)

Uncontested Races:

County Superior Court Clerk:

  • Melissa Howard

County Surveyor:

  • Stephen Duncan (Republican)

County Tax Commission:

  • Nicole Scurry (Republican)

County Court Chief Magistrate:

  • Shelly Herndon (Nonpartisan)

County Probate Judge:

  • Moye Howard (Nonpartisan)

WARE

Contested Races:

County Coroner/Medical Examiner:

  • David L. Jordan (Republican)
  • Atha M. Lucas (Republican)

County Tax Commission:

  • Roger E. Collins (Republican)
  • Cindy White (Republican)

County Probate Court Judge:

  • Steve A. Barnard Sr. (Nonpartisan)
  • James E. Cady (Nonpartisan)
  • Chester W. Joyner (Nonpartisan)
  • Janet D. Thrift (Nonpartisan)

Uncontested Races:

Ware County Commission Chair:

  • Elmer Thrift (Republican)

County Superior Court Clerk:

  • Samantha "Sam" Bennett (Republican)

Ware County Sheriff:

  • Carl James (Republican)

County Court Chief Magistrate

  • James N. Grantham (Nonpartisan)

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