The City of Sky Valley Municipal Election will be held Tuesday,
November 2, 2010.  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 2, 2010 election is October 4, 2010.  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, October 29, 2010.  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 12, 2010.

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 25 through Friday,
October 29.  No reason is required to advance vote.

THERE IS NO VOTING THE MONDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE ELECTION, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010.

For additional information, visit the Secretary of States website @
www.sos.georgia.gov/elections State Ethics Commission website @
www.ethics.georgia.gov
2010 GENERAL ELECTION
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
CITY OF SKY VALLEY, GA

Notice is given by the undersigned Election Superintendent that the 2010
General Election of the City of Sky Valley, Georgia for the office of City
Councilmember will be held November 2, 2010.  There being two
Councilmembers whose terms expire in 2010, the two candidates
receiving the most votes city-wide will be elected for a two year term.  
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 two Councilmembers whose terms expire in 2010 are Richard Boyle
and David Carr.

Qualifying for the General Election shall be held in the Clerk’s Office at
City Hall beginning at 8:30 A.M.  August 30, 2010, and ending at 4:00 P.
M. September 3, 2010.  The qualifying fee shall be $15.00.  A pauper’s
affidavit may be filed in lieu of paying the qualifying fee.

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 4, 2010.

Mandi Cantrell
Election Superintendent
City of Sky Valley