Georgia primary election: See results from Augusta, Richmond and Columbia County voting

Kim Luciani, Augusta Chronicle
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Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the 2022 primary and nonpartisan general elections.

In local races, voters have nine nonpartisan options when choosing the replacement for Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis, who is blocked by term limits from running again.

Five Augusta Commission seats are also up for a vote and all but one – Commissioner Brandon Garrett's District 8 seat – are contested. Six candidates are running in District 2, two in District 4, and three each in District 6 and Super District 10.

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All of the statehouse districts were redrawn by the last year. Some of the numbers of area districts have changes. Georgia House District 132 includes rural Jefferson County, nearly all of Fort Gordon and Augusta's Jimmie Dyess Parkway suburbs. Both candidates, incumbent Brian Prince and challenger Traci 'Acree' George, are Democrats with military ties.

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Other contested local races:

Richmond County civil and magistrate court

  • Carletta Sims Brown, civil and magistrate court chief judge

  • Katrell Nash, attorney

Richmond County State Court judge

  • Evita Paschall, civil and magistrate court solicitor

  • Ashanti Lilley Pounds, attorney

Augusta Circuit Superior Court judge

  • LaVerne Lewis Gaskins, attorney

  • Ashley Wright, superior court judge

Augusta Circuit Superior Court judge

  • Charles H.S. Lyons III

  • Jesse Stone, incumbent

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Columbia County Commission

District 2

  • Alison Couch, public accountant

  • Dewey G. Galeas, incumbent

Columbia County Board of Education

District 2

  • Kristi P. Baker, incumbent

  • Lee Benedict, educator

  • John Duggan, engineer

  • Sandy Steed, massage therapist

District 3

  • Ashley Lee, business owner

  • Melvin Mahone, assistant professor

  • Judy Simmons Teasley, incumbent

Several high profile statewide races are also on the ballot.

Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp is being challenged by former Sen. David Perdue in the Republican primary. The winner will face Democrat Stacey Abrams.

Six Republicans, including former University of Georgia football great Herschel Walker, are battling in the primary to meet Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in the general election on Nov. 8.

When do polls open and close on Election Day?

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Tuesday at your assigned polling place. If you are in line by 7 p.m., you will be allowed to vote.

Find your assigned polling place on the Georgia Secretary of State website's My Voter Page.

Provisional ballots

Georgia's new voting law prohibits provisional ballot voting by voters who visit the wrong polling place. Voters will be directed to the correct voting precinct by election staff. There is an exception for voters arriving to cast ballots after 5 p.m. on Election Day.

What's required to vote in Georgia?

All registered voters can cast ballots. The deadline to register to vote in Georgia was April 25.

Georgia requires photo identification for voting. According to the Secretary of State's office, you must bring one of these forms of identification to vote in person:

  • Any valid state or federal government-issued photo ID, including a free ID card issued by your county registrar's office or the Georgia Department of Driver Services.

  • A Georgia driver's license, even if expired

  • Student ID from a Georgia public College or University

  • Valid employee photo ID from any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. Government, Georgia, or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity of this state

  • Valid U.S. passport ID

  • Valid U.S. military photo ID containing a photograph of the voter

  • Valid tribal photo ID containing a photograph of the voter

How often are Georgia elections held?

Georgia elections are held every even year but the positions up for election depend on the terms of office.

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: GA Election Day 2022: See live election results for Augusta area races