As of Monday, August 13, 2012
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Albany Herald
ALBANY — Early voting for the Republican runoff between Rick Allen and John House for the 2nd Congressional District race has started, elections officials say.
Rick Allen and John House are pressing Southwest Georgia Republicans for votes to see who will try and take down longtime Democratic Congressman Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, in November.
Allen and House, both of Columbus, were the two top-vote earners in the primary, nudging out Ken Deloach of Houston County, but each failed to get more than 50 percent of the vote.
Dougherty County Elections Supervisor Ginger Nickerson said that early voting for the Aug. 21 runoff started this morning and will continue through Friday at the elections office downtown at 222 Pine Avenue. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There will be no voting on Monday, August 20, but on Tuesday, August 21, all 28 Dougherty County precincts will open at 7 a.m. for voting.
Voters who pulled a Republican or non-party ballot during the primary, as well as those registered voters who did not vote at all, can vote in the runoff, Nickerson said. Voters who pulled a Democratic ballot during the primary can not vote in the runoff, but will be eligible to vote in the November general election.
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Comments
LuLu 9 months, 1 week ago
Vote John House!
waltspecht 9 months, 1 week ago
WHY?
MRM 9 months, 1 week ago
Vote Rick Allen, Rick is an independent businessman and with jobs being the #1 issue in this election he has the most experience creating jobs in the private sector. He will work hard to stop burdensome regulations and penalizing taxes that keep existing businesses from expanding and entrepreneurs from starting new ones.
Rick is also a strong believer in the US Constitution - which the politicians in Washington have forgotten limits their power over WE THE PEOPLE.
Rick has shown that he has the fire and determination and the organization to run an effective campaign through November by garnering over 42% of the vote in the July 31st primary compared to 31% for John House.
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