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Early results: Yes and Yes

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

With 3 county precincts reporting: County manager government Yes 344 No 207 Sunday alcohol sales Yes 320 No 238 ********** In the Statham at-large council seat, the results are: *Perry Barton 116 *Hattie Thrasher (I) 114 Rudy Krause 71 *Top 2 vote-getters win. Stay tuned to the BarrowJournal.com as we will post local election results as they ... [Full Story »]

Maynard leading in Winder mayor's race; 'Yes' for manager so far

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

With around 500 votes left to be counted, challenger David Maynard is leading incumbent Chip Thompson for the Winder mayor's seat. Winder results so far: Mayor David Maynard 450 Chip Thompson 321 Council At-Large Larry Evans 463 Tim Bolt 288 Council District Charlie Eberhart 86 Jim Cooley 22 ********* With 7 of 16 county precincts reporting: ... [Full Story »]

Maynard leading; voters saying 'Yes' to county manager and Sunday sales

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

With around 500 votes left to be counted, challenger David Maynard is leading incumbent Chip Thompson for the Winder mayor's seat. Winder results so far: Mayor David Maynard 450 Chip Thompson 321 *** Council At-Large Larry Evans 463 Tim Bolt 288 *** Council Ward 2 Charlie Eberhart 86 Jim Cooley 22 ********* With 11 of 16 county precincts ... [Full Story »]

Maynard, county manager, Sunday sales win

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

Challenger David Maynard defeated incumber Mayor Chip Thompson 58% to 42% to win the city's top seat in Tuesday's balloting. Also passing was a 60%-40% "Yes" vote to replace the current Barrow County government with a county manager system. The sale of alcohol in stores on Sunday also passed in Barrow County and the towns of Winder and Auburn ... [Full Story »]

Election details

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

Winder voters turning out

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

As of 2 p.m. today, just over 400 Winder voters had cast ballots in person at the Winder Community Center. With about 500 others voting previously during the advanced voting period, the turnout for the 2011 mayoral and council elections stood at 900 with five more hours left to vote. To break the 2007 record turnout of 1,286, another 400 Winder ... [Full Story »]

County turnout light, stream of Winder voters steady

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

Turnout this morning for the county's special election was light, but there was a steady stream of voters at the Winder Community Center. As of noon, 255 people had voted at the community center in the city election and 82 had voted across the same room in the county election. The polling place at the Winder Lion's Club also had had more than ... [Full Story »]

Election Day has arrived; polls open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. today

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

Election Day 2011 has arrived. Today, city voters go to municipal polling places to decide every contested municipal race throughout Barrow. And county polling places will be open for all city and county voters to cast ballots in the countywide special election on two ballot issues: (1) Sunday alcohol sales by the package and (2) amending ... [Full Story »]

Yes, Bethlehem, there is an election

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Monday, November 7. 2011

Yes, Bethlehem, there is an election. More famous for its distinctive Christmas postmark than its politics, Bethlehem has a three-way council race on tomorrow’s ballot, but the contest garnered very little interest in the three weeks of early voting that ended Friday. Only five town residents voted in person at the Barrow County Board of ... [Full Story »]

Auburn mayor named top finalist for national award

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Saturday, November 5. 2011

Auburn mayor Linda Blechinger is one of five national female finalists selected for a national award for her leadership skills. The Women in Municipal Government Leadership Award recognizes a female local official for unique and outstanding leadership in local government. Auburn city staff member Michelle Walker and city council member Donna ... [Full Story »]

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