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2017 SKY VALLEY GENERAL ELECTION

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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.  


The following candidates have qualified to run in the election.
 
               Mayor
               Robert MacNair
               Ed Steil
 
​Mayoral Candidate Forum Sponsored by the Sky Valley Property Owner's Association - Video 10-18-2017

               Council Member
               Debbie Dalhouse Curtis
               Neil W. Howard
               Milner Lively (incumbent)
               Allen D. Piontkowski, Jr.
               Paul Wheeler

City Council Candidate Forum Sponsored by the Sky Valley Property Owner's Association - Video 10-18-2017


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

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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

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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

SKY VALLEY ELECTION HISTORY 1995 - PRESENT

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Certified City of Ethics
​since 2004





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Firewise Community
​ since 2014




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​Tree City 
since 2016

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​Incorporated City
since 1978

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