2017 SKY VALLEY GENERAL ELECTION
The Mayor and three Councilmember terms expire in 2017. The one mayoral candidate and the three councilmember candidates receiving the most votes city-wide will be elected for a two year term.
ELECTION CALENDAR
2017 General Election Calendar
Prior to Feb 1 Publish Qualifying Fee
Aug 22 - 25 Qualifying from 8:00 AM Tuesday – 3:00 PM Friday – City Clerk
Aug 28 – 30 Qualifying Reopen if not enough candidates from 9:00 AM Monday until 5:00 PM on Tuesday
September 1 Last day to file notice of intent to be a write in candidate OCGA 21-2-133(a)
September 5 Last day to file affidavit stating that notice of intent to be write in
candidate has been published OCGA 21-2-133(b)
October 10 Last day to register to vote
October 16 Advanced Voting Begins – No Reason Required – Rabun County
19 Jo Dotson Circle, Clayton, GA 30525
November 3 Deadline for candidates to submit poll watcher appointment letters for Election Day
O.C.G.A. 22-2408 (b) (1)
November 6 NO VOTING
November 7 ELECTION – City Hall
ELECTION CALENDAR
2017 General Election Calendar
Prior to Feb 1 Publish Qualifying Fee
Aug 22 - 25 Qualifying from 8:00 AM Tuesday – 3:00 PM Friday – City Clerk
Aug 28 – 30 Qualifying Reopen if not enough candidates from 9:00 AM Monday until 5:00 PM on Tuesday
September 1 Last day to file notice of intent to be a write in candidate OCGA 21-2-133(a)
September 5 Last day to file affidavit stating that notice of intent to be write in
candidate has been published OCGA 21-2-133(b)
October 10 Last day to register to vote
October 16 Advanced Voting Begins – No Reason Required – Rabun County
19 Jo Dotson Circle, Clayton, GA 30525
November 3 Deadline for candidates to submit poll watcher appointment letters for Election Day
O.C.G.A. 22-2408 (b) (1)
November 6 NO VOTING
November 7 ELECTION – City Hall
ELECTIONS
To vote in city, county, state and federal elections, you must be a U.S. citizen at least 18 years old, mentally sound and not under conviction of a felony. Georgia does not require any length of residence as a condition to registering to vote. To register to vote or to transfer your registration from another Georgia county, apply in person to the Rabun County Registrar’s Office at 19 Jo Dotson Circle, Suite 201, Clayton, GA 30525, Telephone: (706) 782-1878 or Please Click here to Download a fillable, postage-paid voter registration application in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
The Rabun County Registrar’s Office is responsible for the preparation and conducting of all county, state and national elections that take place within the county at large. That office also has the responsibility of registering voters, preserving and updating voter registration files, maintaining records and files of local elections as well as other duties. The office is located on the lower level of the former Rabun County Health
Department.
To register to vote in Rabun County an application must be completed. Applications are available at
the Board of Elections & Registration office, the Rabun County Library or Georgia Department of Driver Services (when applying for a Georgia Drivers permit). To register to vote an applicant must be at least 18 years of age on or before the date of the election. The registration deadline for a particular election is five Mondays prior to that election (if a holiday, the deadline moves to the Tuesday following that Monday). You may call the office for additional locations where you can register to vote.
Rabun County currently has one polling place for county, state and national elections, the Rabun County Civic Center, located at 201 West Savannah Street in Clayton, Georgia. This is the location where votes are cast on election day.
SKY VALLEY ELECTIONS
Qualifying for a City of Sky Valley Elected Office
To qualify as a candidate in a Sky Valley election you must meet the following requirements:
1. Registered and qualified to vote in the municipal elections of the City of Sky Valley
2. Residency in the City of Sky Valley for 12 months continuously prior to the date of the election
3. Continued residency within the corporate limits of Sky Valley during term of office
