Polls across the county will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m.– 7 p.m. as Liberty County voters weigh in on two state Public Service Commission seats and two sales tax proposals.

Early voting in those elections — and in the Flemington and Midway municipal races — ends Friday at 5 p.m.

Voters in Midway will be electing a new mayor among three candidates — current city council members Stanley Brown and Malcolm Williams, and Kenneth Allen Williams.

All four council seats are up for election, and incumbents Henry Stevens and Clemontine Washington are running for re-election. Also running for a council seat is current mayor Levern Clancy Jr., along with Rudolph “Rudy” Campen, Vernon Donovan, Annie L. Foskey, Melice Gerace, Janet Bryant Jones, Jamal McIver, Terrie S. Sherrod and Rhonda Thomas.

Voting in the Midway city elections will take place at the Liberty County East End Complex’s John McIver Auditorium, 9397 East Oglethorpe Highway in Midway.

Flemington voters will choose between incumbent Paul Hawkins and challenger Timothy Byler for mayor. They also will choose two new city council members. Four of the six incumbents — Rene’ Ryon Harwell, Larry Logan, Hasit Patel and Leigh Smiley — are running for re-election. Two new members, Paul Martin and Manish “Mike” Patel, are running for the seats being vacated by Gail Fox Evans and David Edwards. Evans and Edwards are not running for re-election. 

Flemington voters will cast their ballots at the Iglesia de Dios es el Poder at 2387 East Oglethorpe Highway.

All voters in the county can cast ballots on the two PSC races, where Republican incumbent Tim Echols is being challenged by Democrat Alicia Johnson for the District 2 seat and Republican incumbent Fitz Johnson is being challenged by Democrat Peter Hubbard for the District 3 post.

Voters also are being asked whether to adopt a one percent special purpose local option sales tax for transportation, known as the TSPLOST, and whether to adopt a one percent local option sales tax known as the floating local option sales tax, or FLOST.

If approved, the money raised through the TSPLOST will be directed toward roads, drainage and other transportation needs in the county. If approved, the FLOST will raise money that will go toward lowering millage rates across the county.

More than 2,450 Liberty County residents had taken use of early voting through Tuesday, October 28.