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March 6 Ballot Includes Atlanta Water, Sewer Tax

Will you be casting your vote early?


Early voting began in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 14, and continues for the March 6 ballot.

Besides the GOP presidential primary, the ballot also includes a vote on whether to continue a special tax that helps keep water and sewer rates down.

The Municipal Option Sales Tax is a 1-cent tax that applies to most goods purchased in the city. These funds allow visitors and business people who use the city’s water and sewer infrastructure but do not pay city water or sewer bills to help pay for upgrading and maintenance of the infrastructure.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp urges all voters to use the state's My Voter Page voter education website before participating in the presidential preference primary. The site allows voters to view their sample ballot, find the in-person advance voting locations in their county and their Election Day polling location, check their registration status, and track the status of their absentee ballot.

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ISpeakLifeCoaching June 17, 2013 at 05:09 pm
The voter forum is a great opporunity to connect leaders to the community. Grassroots efforts areRead More always empowering and informative. As an Executive Life Coach here in Atlanta, I always encourage my clients to get connect to the community they live in, it is about balance and serving.
Ann May 18, 2013 at 02:25 pm
Voters might find it useful to be provided with the names and positions held by members of theRead More "Community Advisory Boards" and the "Human Services Coordinating Committee" as these 2 groups seem to have been provided with enough information to make $4M worth of recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. Conversely, not long ago, a costly audit report revealed that not enough program information had been collected (over a 3 year period) for professional auditors to make programmatic recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. Taxpayers of Fulton County are in dire need of NEW Commissioners who will not continue to buy the garbage, repeatedly, placed before them by the Director of Housing and Human Services: Gerry Easley. It would also be beneficial for taxpayers to be provided with the list of names of individual government employees who did receive permanent salary increases, during the last 5 year, when no county-wide permanent raises were approved of by the Board of Commissioners.
Rodney Littles May 30, 2013 at 11:04 am
This is great news for the economy of our area. The compliance and results must match the intent.Read More Too often goals in the State DOT are just that even when Federal mandates are included. Invest Atlanta should set up a "sheltered market " for bona fide MWBE firms! This will guarantee the goals will be met.