Athens, Ga. election live updates: 23 of 24 precincts fully reported

It's election day in Georgia and voters will head to the polls to cast their ballots in local and statewide primary and nonpartisan races.

Locally, four candidates look to unseat incumbent Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz. Voters will decide who will fill three Clarke County school board, as well as several Clarke and Oconee County commission seats, choose a District 47 state senator and decide on the renewal of the 1% Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST).

In statewide contests, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp is being challenged by former Sen. David Perdue in the Republican primary, while six Republicans, including former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker, are battling in the primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in the Nov. 8 general election.

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12 a.m. | Final vote totals won't be in until Wednesday

As of late Tuesday evening, 22 of Clarke's 24 precincts were fully reported. The elections office expected to have 23 in before night's end but would not have the final precinct voter results until Wednesday.

10 p.m. |11 of 24 precincts reporting

Just before 10 p.m., the first batch of Clarke County votes were reported, with 11 of 24 precincts reporting.

To see live Clarke County results, go to: https://www.onlineathens.com/elections/results/local/

8:15 p.m. | No results from Clarke County yet

As of 8:15 p.m., Clarke County had not reported any results to the Secretary of State's office.

Shortly before 8 p.m., the Associated Press called the U.S. Senate race for former UGA football player Herschel Walker, who will now face incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in the November general election.

To see live results from surrounding counties, go to https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/113667/web.285569/#/access-to-races

7:40 p.m. | Polls close, ballot error affects 17

A previously noted ballot mistake was reported to the elections office affecting residents on Hunnicutt Drive yet again.

Last week, the elections office reported two errors on ballots, including one mistake for residents on Hunnicutt Drive. Those residents live in Commission District 5. However, they were assigned to District 2. The District 5 seat is on the ballot this year, while District 2 is not.

Background: Ahead of primary election, Athens’ elections office discovered errors on 86 ballots

At least nine voters were affected by the mistake during early voting, including seven in-person voters and two absentee voters. Under Georgia law, those voters cannot change or recast their votes.

On Election Day, it was discovered that this mistake was still present on ballots, affecting 17 more voters, according to Rocky Raffle, chair of the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections and appointee of the Democratic Party.

Raffle said that he was notified of this error at 5 p.m., two hours before polls closed. Raffle added that it was around 4:30 p.m. that the error was discovered.

Raffle said that the correction was sent to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, but on Election Day, the correction didn’t make it to the check-in devices at the precinct.

“It was supposed to have been fixed, but the secretary's office did not fix it,” Raffle said.

6:30 p.m. | 11,000 ballots cast in early voting, polls close soon

The Georgia Secretary of State's office has a tally of nearly 11,000 ballots cast during the early voting period in Athens-Clarke. That number was up from close to 4,000 votes cast as of Monday, May 16, which left one week in early voting.

Polls across the state close at 7 p.m.

3:30 p.m. | More than 6,000 ballots cast in Athens-Clarke

As of 2 p.m., elections officials said that more than 6,000 ballots had been cast on Tuesday across Athens-Clarke county. There had been no issues with the voting process, the official said.

9:00 a.m. | Steady voting in Clarke, Oconee

The Clarke County elections office had no hiccups to report as of approximately 8 a.m.

At the Oconee County Civic Center, there had been 170 votes cast as of 8:40 a.m. and the stream of voters was "steady."

7:00 a.m. | Polls are open

Voters were able to hit the polls as of 7 a.m. Tuesday. In Athens-Clarke, more than 4,000 people opted to early vote, both mail-in and in-person. Polls close at 7 p.m.

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How and where to vote in today's elections

Here's what's required to cast your ballot in today's primary and nonpartisan general elections:

• You must be registered to vote. The deadline to register for this election was April 25.

• Voters must show a valid photo ID when voting in person

• Go to your assigned polling place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on May 24. Those in line by 7 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Sample ballot, polling places

Want to know where to vote and who's on the ballot? You can find sample ballots and polling location on the My Voter Page on the Secretary of State website.

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Voting in Athens, Ga: Clarke County May elections 2022 coverage