A Georgia election with few voters: Turnout is 'miserably low' in the race for utility regulator

Voters are directed to a polling site at Neighborhood Church on McClendon Avenue in Northeast Atlanta on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated on Wednesday, July 8, 2025, at 5:01 p.m.

Every time the door swings open this week at the county courthouse in the tiny south Georgia town of Statenville, six election workers have a moment to hope that someone is coming to vote.

“Anybody that comes in pretty much has to walk by our office,” said Renee Church, the elections supervisor in Echols County.