Activists Wary As South Georgia County Moves To Close Three Polling Places

Randolph County plans to close three polling places that are housed in buildings used to store fire trucks.

Johnny Kauffman / WABE

Voting in elections next year could be more difficult in one rural, South Georgia county.

The Randolph County elections board plans to close three of its nine polling places nearly a year after it rejected a proposal months before the midterm elections in 2018 to close seven of the nine.

At that time, the county drew a swarm of national attention, and the threat of a lawsuit.