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Section 3 Bid Opportunity – Rebid 02.17.2023-CDBG FY21 For Flooding, Street & Drainage System Improvements to Serve Philyaw Subdivision –This project is covered under the requirements of Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968
“The Bainbridge-Decatur County Building Department is now offering contractors and homeowners the opportunity to apply for permits through our new online portal. We hope this new option will make the permitting process more convenient for both contractors and homeowners. You can register and apply for a permit by clicking this link: https://tinyurl.com/vpdpems
For a quick tutorial on how to apply for permits using the online portal system, please click this link: https://tinyurl.com/wx7vfzn”
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ATTENTION: TAXPAYERS
Decatur County residents who suffered hurricane damage to buildings, are encouraged to file a Property Tax Return with the Tax Assessor’s Office between JANUARY 1 and APRIL 1. Included with the Return should be pictures, insurance claims, contractor estimates, etc.
A representative from the Tax Assessor’s Office will be visiting all properties in due time, but filing a tax return will guarantee your property will be addressed for the 2019 Digest year.
If you have any further questions, please contact the Tax Assessor’s Office at 229-248-3008.
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1,820 voter registrations canceled in Decatur County as part of list maintenance
As part of the legal mandate to clean up the state’s voter rolls, 1,820 voter registrations in Decatur County were recently canceled by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
Statewide, 591,548 voter registrations were canceled on Friday, July 28, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
If a voter was canceled, that means they had not voted, updated their voter registration information, filed a change of name or address, signed a petition or responded to attempts to confirm their last known address for at least the past three years. Basically, none of the voters have had any contact with local election officials or the state since at least Sept. 16,2014, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
If a voter has been canceled, they must re-register to vote. Decatur County now has approximately 15,900 active and inactive registered voters.
If a voter wants to check on their status, they may go to the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page website or call the Decatur County Board of Elections and Registration at (229) 243-2087.
The cancellations of the voter registrations are separate from the 383,400 confirmation notices mailed out several weeks ago statewide. In Decatur County, 958 of those confirmation notices were sent out.
These confirmation notices are part of the national change of address process under Georgia law that requires the Georgia Secretary of State to compare change of address information supplied by the U.S. Postal Service with electors list.
If a voter doesn’t respond within 30 days with either confirming their address or indicating a new one, that voter may be moved to an “inactive” status. By a voter being “inactive,” it starts the clock ticking on the years-long process of potentially being canceled.
Voters listed as “inactive” are still registered to vote and may vote at any time. Once an inactive” voter contacts an elections office with a change on their voter registration, signs a petition or votes, they become “active” again.
Furthermore, these actions are separate from a federal commission created by President Donald Trump that has requested voter information from every state.
The deadline to register to vote for the upcoming countywide TSPLOST and municipal elections in Decatur County is Tuesday, Oct. 10.
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PROVISIONAL BALLOTS
Provisional ballot voters may go to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website: http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/elections/check_your_provisional_ballot_status_for_november_6_2018_election
Or call the hotline at 470-240-5061 to find out your ballot’s status.
Voters who cast provisional ballots that were rejected for the Nov. 6, 2018, in Decatur County are the following:
Not Registered(32)
- Faye McMillian
- Deborah R. Watkins Bragg
- Jordan Jackson
- Dontavious S. Marshall
- Kimberly Johnson
- Brandi Myers
- Brandon Lee Medina
- Sherry Castelow Fletcher
- Jacobo Alex Trejo
- Amelia Jenson
- Christopher John Jenson
- Peyton Green
- Mary S. Madge
- Brandon Wayne Gause
- Paul Logan Grubbs
- Kenneth Jones
- Kreason Turner
- Ju’Ruy Reymund Smith
- Ladaric Marquis Jones
- Ariel Marie Bowens
- Mabry -Grace Briggs
- Benjamin Seth Heard
- Brian Robert Warren
- Shannon Tyniesha Jones
- Valencia Scott
- Scarlett Funderburke
- Marion Danyelle Bruton
- Callalisa Anne Strickland
- Melissa Phillips Hines
- Patricia Ann Peters
- Nancy Ann Plumley
- Tshawnbee Dione Price
CANCELLED VOTERS (30)
- Carl Jackson Jones III
- Tamesha Sherita Hines
- Tina Renee Lambert
- William Parrish Jr.
- Robert Earl Howard, Jr.
- Jeffrey David Tharpe
- Angelia Joyce Ross
- Gloria Teresa Cook
- Fernando Galnares
- Larry B. Wilson
- Bobby Lue Perkins
- Pauline Maxwell
- Angel Kenshay Byrd
- Anthony Joiner
- Rita Lashawn Battle
- Dontavious Tamichael Jones
- Adrian Adam Rentz
- Wanda Smith
- Cierra Antoinette Bush
- Sharonda L. Eaford
- Atibal Avril
- Clifford Shelton, Jr.
- Willie Clifford Cooper, II
- Cheryl Olivia Young
- Dianna Barwick Cleveland
- Jessie James Green, (Jr.)
- Shekethe Diane Session
- Lisa Carr
- James E. Brock
- Jerri W. Harrell
OUT OF COUNTY (23)
- Virginia Sims Talley
- China Baggling
- Jermaine Herring
- Arthur Jay Love
- January Michelle love
- Breawnna Victoria Ruth Haugen
- Janelle McConnell McMillan
- Starnecia Sharde Tigner
- Shante’ Marie Sanson
- Joann Cox
- Matilda Bell Jackson
- Tyrone Benton
- Laquient Sentail Macklin, Jr.
- Angelia Close
- Roy R. Culverson
- Ronnie Earl Culverson
- Bobbie Lee Bufford
- Laura Jean Copeland
- Diane M. Taylor
- Pamela Joy Rathel
- Jo Ann Williams
- Thomas Brian Nix
- Anne Michelle Love-Ogden
NO PHOTO ID (3)
- Tyler Harrell
- Ladarius Moore
- Albert Wimberly
VOTED ABSENTEE (2)
- Alexis Anne Miller
- Lynette Ann Baulkman