Editorial: Vote!

Published 2:00 pm Sunday, November 4, 2018

We get it.

October is a busy month.

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Festivals, football games, Halloween celebrations, a hurricane. Not to mention all the day-to-day things demanding our attention — family, work, school, your job, your second job.

Who has time to early vote?

So you got too busy to early vote over the past few weeks and now it’s down to it.

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But that’s alright.

On Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6, you’ve got your last chance to vote for the mid-term election.

Important stuff.

But where do you go?

What time are they open?

And, wait, where do you go?

Voters can find which polling place they are assigned to either by visiting the My Voter Page website at www.mvp. sos.ga.gov or by calling the Tift County Board of Elections and Registration at (229) 386-7915.

If using the My Voter Page, voters will be asked for their first initial, last name, county of residence and birthdate.

Once logged in, voters can check their voter status, voting district and voting location.

Local polling places will be open on Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

What are those local polling location, you ask?

Polling locations are:

• 222 Chesnutt Avenue — Building B Old gym at the corner of 4th Street and Chesnutt Avenue

• 869 Harold Tyson Rd. — Corner of Old Ocilla Road. and Harold Tyson Road. Same building at Harding Volunteer fire station

• 983 Lower Brookfield Rd. — Brookfield Volunteer Fire Station.

• 3380 US Highway 41 North, Chula — Tift County Fire Rescue Station 55

• 14 Docia Rd. — Across from Excelsior Store on Ty Ty Omega Road, same building as Excelsior Fire Station.

• 4145 US Hwy 41 South, same building as Eldorado Fire Station.

• 5471 Alabama Dr., Omega — Omega Club House.

• 141 Elman Street, Ty Ty — Ty Ty City Hall.

• 315 West 2nd St. — Leroy Rogers Senior Center.

• 2731 South Central Avenue — Neighbor Service Center.

• 2425 Emerson Obynes Avenue — Mott-Litman Gym.

• 1400 Kennedy Rd. — Tifton Lodge.

To make our voices heard, we have to show up.

For our government to be of, by and for the people, we have to vote.