Monday, December 17, 2012
Today is the first day in which residents living in Georgia House District 21 and Georgia Senate District 21 can vote in the Jan. 8, 2013, special election.
Starting today, voters can cast their ballots ahead of the Jan. 8, 2013, special election. Early voting to fill the state House District 21 and Senate District 21 seats will be held at the Stone Elections Building in downtown Canton. Voting will be held each day through Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will resume Dec. 27-28, on Dec. 31 and Jan. 2-4, 2013, during those same hours. No early voting on Saturdays will be scheduled. The office will be closed Dec. 24-26 and on Jan. 1 for the holidays. Voters in the state house seat will choose between Republicans Scot Turner, Brian Laurens, Kenneth Mimbs and Democrat Natalie Bergeron. Senate District 21 voters will have their choice of State Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-Holly Springs) and …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Hickory Flat resident Eduardo Correia does not live in House District 21, the seat he qualified to run for in the Jan. 8, 2013 special election.
The number of candidates running for the Georgia House District 21 seat is now down to five. Eduardo Correia, who registered on Tuesday to run as an independent for the house seat being vacated by State Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-Holly Springs), has withdrawn from the race. Correia does not live in the district, which makes him ineligible to run for the seat. Cherokee County Elections Supervisor Janet Munda said it was early Wednesday morning when she noticed "he didn’t live in the district." Munda said she contacted Correia to inform him of the discrepancy and he subsequently backed out of the race. Georgia Secretary of State Spokesman Jared Thomas said the state qualifies candidates if they fill out and sign an affidavit confirming they live…
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Four candidates will be on the Jan. 8 ballot.
The qualifying period for candidates to enter the House District 21 special election on Jan. 8, 2013 ended at noon Wednesday with six people successfully qualifying. Two additional candidates qualified after the initial list was published on Dec. 10-independent international account director Eduardo Correia and Republican businessman Kenneth Ashley Mimbs. Both men are from the Canton area. Next month's election is required because the former holder of the seat, Rep. Sean Jerguson, has left the State House of Representatives in order to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Chip Rogers earlier this month. Two candidates have already dropped out of the race. The aforementioned Correia does not live in House District 21, and Bill Fincher …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
State Rep. Sean Jerguson formally qualified to run for the Georgia Senate District 21 seat while a Hickory Flat resident formally jumped into the Georgia House District 21 seat.
Two more candidates qualified today to run in the Jan. 8, 2013, special election to fill two Georgia General Assembly seats. State Rep. Sean Jerguson qualified today to formally start campaigning for the Georgia Senate District 21 seat, which is now vacant due to the abrupt resignation of former Senator Chip Rogers. His challenger, Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Brandon Beach, qualified for the seat yesterday. Eduardo Correia, who lives in Hickory Flat, also qualified to run for the Georgia House District 21 seat, which Jerguson had to resign from in order to run for the senate. Correia, who registered to run as an Independent, lists his occupation as an international account director. Others who have qualified …
The deadline to register to vote in the election is Dec. 14.
Early voting in the Jan. 8, 2013 special election to fill the state House District 21 and Senate District 21 seats will begin next week. Voting will get underway from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 17-21 at the Stone Elections Building in downtown Canton. Early voting will continue Dec. 27-28, on Dec. 31 and Jan. 2-4, 2013, during those same hours. No early voting on Saturdays will be scheduled. The office will be closed Dec. 24-26 and on Jan. 1 for the holidays. The deadline to register to vote in the election is at the close of business on Friday. Only voters in the 29 out of 42 county precincts that cover both seats can cast ballots for the election. Voters can click here to see which precincts will cast ballots in the election. The …
Monday, December 10, 2012
There are four candidates on the ballot for the Jan. 8 special election.
The list of candidates for the vacant House District 21 seat is expanding, including representatives from both major political parties. The seat was vacated by Sean Jerguson on Dec. 5 so that he could run for the Senate seat of former Sen. Chip Rogers, who has retired from politics to persue a career in public broadcasting. A special election will be held on Jan. 8, 2013, to choose the next representative for House District 21, which includes Holly Springs and parts of Canton and Woodstock. Below is the list of candidates that have qualified to run for the upcoming election. If a candidate's name is highlighted, he or she has been profiled by Patch and you can read more about them by clicking on their name.
Cherokee County attorney Natalie Bergeron will seek the seat vacated by State Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-Holly Springs).
A Cherokee County attorney will toss her hat into the ring to become the next elected official to serve in the Georgia General Assembly. Natalie Bergeron, who practices law in Woodstock, announced she will qualify to run for the Georgia House District 21 Seat, which has been vacated by State Rep. Sean Jerguson as he plans to run for the Georgia Senate District 21 seat. Bergeron, 41, is a partner at Bass, Bergeron & Smith, PC. As part of her profession, Bergeron has worked on behalf of less fortunate children as a child advocate and Guardian ad Litem (a person appointed by a court to represent the best interests of children or an incapacitated individual) for hundreds of children in Georgia. Understanding the need for action to protect the …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Hickory Flat resident Brian Laurens will run for the State House District 21 seat.
The race to fill the Georgia House District 21 seat now has a second contender. Brian Laurens, a Hickory Flat resident, has declared his candidacy to run for the seat, which has been vacated by State Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-Holly Springs). Jerguson has decided to seek the Georgia Senate District 21 seat, which also became vacant earlier this week with the resignation of former Senator Chip Rogers. Laurens, who has an extensive background with the Georgia Republican Party for the better part of a decade, said he decided to run because "now is the time" for "true conservatives" to occupy every level of government. "Our nation and our state face serious challenges that are best met with the ideals of our founders, free people, free markets …
Qualifying for candidates will start on Monday.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp has scheduled qualifying for candidates to formally enter the state House District 21 and Senate District 21 races. Qualifying will begin Monday Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 11 and from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday Dec. 12. Qualifying will take place at the Elections Division of the Office of Secretary of State, 802 West Tower, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Southeast in Atlanta. The fee to qualify for both seats is $400. Polls for the race will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013, and voters who wish to cast ballots in the special election must register by the close of business day on Tuesday Dec. 11. All persons who are not …
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