Registered voters go to the polls on Tuesday, the day of the big decision

As record-breaking early voting ended across Georgia last Friday, remaining registered voters will have the opportunity Tuesday to cast votes that will help decide many races from U.S. president to local city and county offices become.

Polling stations open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m

Voters should present a valid photo ID upon arrival at the precinct.

To find your voting precinct, go to your county election office. In Clarke County, go to https://www.accgov.com/160/Elections-Office and in Oconee County, go to https://www.oconeecounty.com/1463/Elections-Registration.

Voting rules

There are some rules to follow at a polling station.

The state prohibits the distribution of food and drinks and the display of campaign signs within 150 feet of the polling place.

Additionally, under state regulations, polling of voters cannot take place within 25 feet of the polling place exit.

If these provisions take effect Tuesday, voters could help decide many important political races.

The race for US president will be decided on Tuesday

The nation will await the outcome of the race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

The race is hotly contested, with campaign ads running daily on television and social media.

But voters in Athens-Clarke County and Oconee County will also be awaiting the outcome of another hotly debated local race as two candidates compete for the Western Circuit district attorney position

Outside of this race, which will be decided by voters in the two counties, there are a handful of county offices and House and Senate seats that are contested.

The race for Western Circuit district attorney is highly competitive

The toughest race, however, is for district attorney, a firm responsible for handling criminal cases in the Western Judicial Circuit: Clarke, who is considered a county-based Democrat, and Oconee, a Republican.

Incumbent Deborah Gonzalez is finishing her first term but is being challenged by Kalki Yalamanchili, a former deputy district attorney in the county who is making his first bid for the office.

Gonzalez is committed to her “progressive reform” and has linked her opponent to what she called “MAGA Republican donors and consultants” who she said support a system that is over politically connected “the needs of our community”.

She defended her role by saying, “This office is about more than just prosecuting cases. It’s about ensuring that justice is administered fairly and equitably.” She is running as a Democrat and has stressed that she is advocates for reforms that will make the court system fairer.

Yalamanchili has pointed to Gonzalez’s high rate of Marsy’s Law victim rights violations, her inability to maintain sufficient staff, and her losses in major criminal cases in the courtroom.

The Athens lawyer has noted courtroom errors stemming from poorly drafted indictments, poor presentation of evidence and an appeals judge’s criticism of one of her cases as “poor performance by the prosecution.”

“I honestly cannot remember a time when I have heard that a prosecutor’s office performed so poorly in the courtroom,” he said in a statement in August.

Yalamacnchili is running as an independent candidate. He received about 14,000 signatures on a petition he needed to get his name on the ballot.

Voting rules

The race for US president will be decided on Tuesday

The race for Western Circuit district attorney is highly competitive

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