Voter precincts in Oconee County are being consolidated from eight to four. The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration voted 3-2 to make the change with Board of Elections and Registration Director Sharon Gregg saying the reduction in voting places would save money and would affect few voters given the recent popularity of early and absentee voting although ten citizens who spoke at a hearing before the vote opposed the consolidation.
Gregg added that this is the first time that city elections for Bishop, North High Shoals, and Watkinsville, which the county runs for those cities, will be held not within those cities but, with consolidation, at the Civic Center.
