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Dougherty County election supervisor outlines advance voting, poll-worker training; board moves meeting to March 24
Summary
Supervisor Nickerson reported precinct voter totals, poll worker training dates and advance voting locations; the board agreed by voice vote to move its next meeting to Monday, March 24 at 4 p.m. The board also proposed an executive session on potential litigation and personnel.
Supervisor Nickerson delivered the election office report during the meeting, detailing precinct-level active voter counts, poll worker training and advance-voting plans and telling the board that the office had processed Department of Driver Services applications, online registrations and felony and vital-records checks.
Nickerson said the office finalized qualifying dates for Ward 6 after weather-related changes and gave precinct-level active voter totals in Ward 6, listing West Town Elementary (546), Mount Zion Center (3,576), Alice Coachman (709), First Mount Olive/Jake Edwards Fellowship Hall (812), Shiloh Baptist Church (448), Littmann Cathedral (743), Bill Miller Center (412) and ASU East Lovett Hall (848). "Total active, 8,094," Nickerson said.
Nickerson described the poll-worker training schedule: BMD and scanner training on Monday the 17th, provisional validating training the following Tuesday, poll-pad training on the coming Thursday, an online overview the next Monday, and a March supply pickup at 5:30 a.m. Advance voting, Nickerson said, will take place at the Riverfront Resource Center Candy Room with weekday hours and weekend sessions through the March election period.
On scheduling, the chair asked the board to move the next meeting from the scheduled Wednesday to Monday, March 24 at 4 p.m. "There are no state or federal candidates on this ballot, so we won't be required to do the risk limiting audit," Nickerson said in explaining timing needs tied to certification. The board approved the change by voice vote; a mover and seconder were not recorded in the transcript.
Toward the end of the item, the board indicated it would request an executive session to discuss potential litigation and personnel matters and to dismiss nonmembers to an adjacent room. The transcript records a question from a member — "Do we need a motion?" — but does not record a formal motion or vote to enter executive session in the provided excerpt.
The report covered administrative preparations and logistics tied to the upcoming local election, including staffing and voter-roll accuracy checks; no formal ordinances, contracts or budget actions were recorded in this portion of the meeting.
