GENERAL ELECTION APPROACHING - Officials Disclose Election Requirements, Local Option Rule For Lee District On Retail Liquor

(09/27/2002)
Absentee voting by mail and in-person has begun, much of it part of an initiative to encourage more people to vote. Voting can be done in-person through November 4. Contact Shelia Garretson for further information regarding other situations at 304-354-6910.

Calhoun County Clerk Richard Kirby will have his office open for extended hours to permit registration, or to change registration.

Friday, October 11 - 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 12 - 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 15 - 8:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.

The Calhoun Commission will be testing the optical scanner used to tabulate election returns on October 29 at 10 a.m. The test will be open to representatives of all political parties, candidates, press and the public.

There have been no changes in polling places since last election.

There is an initiative on the Calhoun ballot, under the Local Option Election, to vote on whether a retail liquor store will be permitted in Magisterial District 4, Lee District.

Voters from that district only will vote on the issue, under the Local Option Election law.