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Candidates nervously anticipate primaries
You can believe her when Cherokee County Election Commission Chairman Suzanne Turner admits to having no idea what the voter turnout will be for Tuesday's Democrat and Republican party primaries.
"I really don't have a clue," Turner said.
About 29,000 county residents are eligible to vote Tuesday. If absentee voting precinct is any indication, there won't be a record turnout.
"There hasn't been a lot, but it's been pretty steady," Turner said. "If the weather is good, we'll have more people come out."
The Republican primary ballot is filled with some interesting races, including three locally, Turner said.
Former Ewing Junior High School Principal Marcia Duncan is squaring off against local businessman Danny Stacy for the GOP nomination for the soon-to-be-vacant State House No. 29 seat. The GOP race for the House District 30 seat between former school teacher Libby Swad and local businessman Bobby Beattie is another race that may spur voters to the polls, Turner said.
The spirited battle for coroner, pitting WAGI station manager Dennis Fowler against current deputy coroner Glenn Fuller also has garnered a lot of local attention.
The Democrat party primary ballot is much less crowded, with the battle for the nominee for governor as the only race on the ballot.
When voters enter their polling places, they'll be asked to chose either the Democrat or Republican party primary ballot, Turner said.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Here's a list of the polling places:
Allens: Corinth Elementary School
Alma Mills: Alma Elementary School
Antioch-Kings Creek: Antioch Community Center
Ashworth: Cherokee Creek Baptist Church
Blacksburg Ward 1: Blacksburg Community Center
Blacksburg Ward 2: Blacksburg Fire Department
Blacksburg Ward 3: Broad River Baptist Church
Blacksburg Ward 4: Blacksburg Elementary School
Central: Central Baptist Church
Draytonville: Draytonville Elementary School
Ezells-Butler: New Pleasant Baptist Church activities center
Gaffney Ward 1: Mary Bramlett Elementary School
Gaffney Ward 2: Beltline center activities building
Gaffney Ward 3: Gaffney Middle School
Gaffney Ward 4: American Legion building
Gaffney Ward 5: Cherokee County public library
Gaffney Ward 6: VFW building
Goucher-Thicketty: GoucherWhite Plains Fire Department
Grassy Pond: Grassy Pond Fire Department
Holly Grove-Buffalo: Mount Paran Church activities center
Littlejohns-Sarratt: Rehobeth Baptist Church
Limestone Mill: Boys and Girls Club
Macedonia: Macedonia Fire Department
Morgan: Cherokee Creek fire substation
Musgrove: Broad River Electric Coop building
Pleasant Grove: New Harvest Church of God
Pleasant Meadows: B.D. Lee Elementary School
Ravenna: Green Bethel Baptist Church
Timber Ridge: Corinth Fire Department
White Plains: Goucher Elementary School
Wilkins-Metcalf: DMW Fire Department
Woods: Grassy Pond Water District
Cherokee Falls: CKC Fire Department







