The City of Sky Valley Municipal Election will be held Tuesday,
November 8, 2011.  Polls are open from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM on
election day.  The polling place is located at City Hall,
3444 Hwy 246, Sky Valley, GA.





























Qualifications for Office
  • Must have been a resident of the City of Sky Valley for 12 months
    continuously prior to the date of the election of councilmembers.
  • Each person so elected shall continue to reside within the
    corporate limits of Sky Valley during that person's period of
    service as councilmember.
  • Each councilmember shall be registered and qualified to vote in
    the municipal elections of the City of Sky Valley.

Elected and appointed officers of the city are trustees and servants of
the residents of the city and shall act in a fiduciary capacity for the
benefit of such residents.  

Political parties shall not conduct primaries for city officers, and names
of candidates for city officers shall be listed without party description.  
For the purpose of electing the mayor and council, the City of Sky
Valley shall consist of one city-wide election district.  The candidate
for mayor and the candidates for city council receiving the most votes
city wide will be elected.

VOTER REGISTRATION
If you are not registered to vote, the last day to register to vote in
the November 8, 2011 election is October 11, 2011.  You can
register to vote at City Hall or at the Rabun County Registrar's
Office.    

ABSENTEE VOTING
To vote by absentee ballot, you must submit an absentee ballot
application.

Click here for an absentee ballot application.

You may request an absentee ballot by mail for no reason up until
the Friday preceding the election, November 4, 2011.  No absentee
ballots will be mailed after that date!

You may vote by absentee ballot at city hall beginning 21 days prior
to the election, Tuesday, October 18, 2011.

If you bring your absentee ballot application to city hall, you will be
required to vote at that time.

ADVANCED VOTING
Advanced voting is held the Monday through Friday immediately
preceding the election, Monday, October 31 through Friday,
November 4, 2011.  No reason is required to advance vote.

THERE IS NO VOTING THE MONDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE ELECTION, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011.

For additional information, visit the Secretary of States website @
www.sos.georgia.gov/elections State Ethics Commission website @
www.ethics.georgia.gov
2011 GENERAL ELECTION
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
CITY OF SKY VALLEY, GA

Notice is given by the undersigned Election Superintendent that the 2011
General Election of the City of Sky Valley, Georgia for the office of Mayor
and City Councilmember will be held November 8, 2011.   The polling
place is located at City Hall, 3444 Highway 246, Sky Valley, GA.  Polls will
be open from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. on election day.

The three Councilmembers whose terms expire in 2011 are Helen Kleiber,
Dee Moore, and Maureen Platt.

The following candidate has qualified for the office of Mayor:
Jim Martindale (incumbent)

The following candidates have qualified for the office of Councilmember:
Maureen Platt (incumbent)
Elizabeth Carr
Robert Larsen
David Whatley

There being three Councilmembers whose terms expire in 2011, the
three candidates receiving the most votes city-wide will be elected for a
two year term.

All persons who are not registered to vote and who desire to register to
vote in the General Election may register to vote through the close of
business on October 11, 2011.