Elections of the past hold many good memories

  • Fannin County Board of Elections staff are shown with a pile of voting related papers in 2004, the year of the big roll out of the touch screen voting units. Shown, from left, are Susan Byrum, Mary Ann Conner, Morris Queen, Lena Earley, Samantha Hill, Rachel Gray, Dorothy Davis, Cheryl Burns, Evelyn Panter and Jammia Duvall.
    Fannin County Board of Elections staff are shown with a pile of voting related papers in 2004, the year of the big roll out of the touch screen voting units. Shown, from left, are Susan Byrum, Mary Ann Conner, Morris Queen, Lena Earley, Samantha Hill, Rachel Gray, Dorothy Davis, Cheryl Burns, Evelyn Panter and Jammia Duvall.
  • Blake Collins, Mary McDonald, Evelyn Panter, Winfred Cruse, Jammia Duvall, George Earley and Bill McDonald are shown, from left, working on an election day in Fannin County.
    Blake Collins, Mary McDonald, Evelyn Panter, Winfred Cruse, Jammia Duvall, George Earley and Bill McDonald are shown, from left, working on an election day in Fannin County.
  • In the 1990s townsfolk would gather in the old courthouse, which acted as one of the voting precincts, and wait for election results to be announced.
    In the 1990s townsfolk would gather in the old courthouse, which acted as one of the voting precincts, and wait for election results to be announced.
These days folks primarily cast their ballots electronically, sending their choice for various political offices through time and space instantly.  Voters today also have the ability to vote early …

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