The 'road to city hall' opens

GAINESVILLE - This is what is known as an off-year for elections. It is just that for most elected officials and would-be office holders but not all.

Municipal elections will be held across Georgia November 6 and qualifying begins Monday.

In Hall County, there are 25 city council or city school board posts that will be voted on in nine municipalities. Across the rest of northeast Georgia, there are countless elections that will have to be held in small hamlets as well as county seats - places such as Tallulah Falls, Toccoa, Pendergrass, Ellijay, Rabun Gap, and Cumming.

The length of the qualifying period varies from town to town but for most of them it ends Wednesday afternoon. Early voting will begin Oct. 29 and end Nov. 2.

ELECTIONS AT-A-GLANCE:

BRASELTON

City Council

>District 1 - Richard Mayberry

>District 3 - Phil Spivey

>Qualifying: Aug. 27-Aug. 29 (830 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

BUFORD

*City Council

>Post # 1 - Phillip Beard (chairman)

*School Board

>Leon Johnson

>Daren Perkins

>Qualifying: at City Hall Aug. 27-29 (9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

CLERMONT

*City Council

>Seth Weaver

>Williams Jones

>John Brady

>Qualifying: at City Hall Aug. 27-29 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

FLOWERY BRANCH

*City Council

>Post #1 - Jim Herold

>Post #2 - Jan Smith

>Qualifying: Aug. 27-31 (8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m.)

GAINESVILLE

*City Council

>Ward 2 - Bob Hamrick

>Ward 3 - Myrtle Figueras

>Ward 5 - George Wangemann

*School Board

>Ward 2 - Lee Highsmith

>Ward 3 - Willie Mitchell

>Ward 5 - Frank Harben

>Qualifying for both council and school board: Aug. 27-Aug. 29 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

GILLSVILLE

City Council

>Post #3 - Rudess Hooper

>Post #4 - Keith Segars

>Post #5 - Rchard Ferguson

LULA

City Council

>Ward 1 - Larry Shuler

>Ward 4 - Judah Echols

>Ward 5 - Lamb Griffin

>Qualifying: Aug. 27-Aug. 29 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

OAKWOOD

*City Council

>Post #3 - Gary Anderson

>Post #4 - Martha Collins

>Post #5 - Montie Robinson, Sr.

>Qualifying: at City Hall Aug. 27-29 (8:30a.m.-4:00 p.m.)