Voters across Georgia set records for voter turnout during the 2024 election cycle. Even with only one contested local race, Habersham County voters turned out in large numbers to cast a ballot. Habersham County voters cast a total of 23,398 ballots.
Since no one qualified as an independent or write-in candidate, local elections were decided during the May primary and run-off elections this past spring and early summer. However, even with only one candidate to vote for in the general election, voters still had a voice with each ballot that was cast.
In all of the uncontested races on the local ballot, no unopposed candidate received more than 21,000 votes. In fact, all unopposed local candidates had “write-ins” ballots cast in opposition by voters.
Below is a listing of all unopposed local candidates in Habersham County with their vote totals, “write-in” vote counts, and votes not cast for each seat.
District Attorney- Mountain Judicial Circuit
George Christian- 20,440
Write-in- 207
Votes not cast- 2,751
Judge of the Probate Court
Pam Wooley- 20,740
Write-in- 159
Votes not cast- 2,499
Clerk of Superior Court
David Wall- 20,754
Write-in- 142
Votes not cast- 2,502
Sheriff
Robin Krockum- 20,678
Write-in- 175
Votes not cast- 2,545
Tax Commissioner
June Black-Warren- 20,268
Write-in- 407
Votes not cast- 2,713
Coroner
Kasey McEntire- 20,904
Write-in- 121
Votes not cast- 2,373
Chief Magistrate Judge
Tricia Hise- 20,422
Write-in- 180
Votes not cast- 2,796
Solicitor of State Court
Jessica Martin-20,285
Write-in- 117
Votes not cast- 2,996
County Commission- District 1
Kelly Woodall- 20,203
Write-in- 189
Votes not cast- 3,006
County Commission- District 4
Bruce Harkness- 20,205
Write-in- 210
Votes not cast- 2,983
County Commission- District 5
Ty Akins- 20,084
Write-in- 167
Votes not cast- 3,147
County Board of Education- District 1
Doug Westmoreland- 20,234
Write-in- 153
Votes not cast- 3,011
County Board of Education- District 2
Robert Barron- 20,191
Write-in- 169
Votes not cast- 3,038
No one will know who the write-in candidates were for each seat. There were no candidates that qualified and state law does not require election offices to count votes for an unqualified candidate, only to report that a vote was cast as a write-in.
As for voters not casting a ballot for a candidate for a particular seat, the reason could be as simple as the voter didn’t know the candidate and therefore didn’t cast a ballot for that seat.
To see the uncertified Election Summary Report from the Habersham County Voter Registration and Elections Office, please click here.
