City of LaGrange urging residents to vote in District 1 city council election

LAGRANGE, Ga. (WTVM) - LaGrange city officials ask registered voting residents to vote for the city council’s District 1 seat in the election happening on June 20.

The race is between Jim Arrington and Terry Stanford.

Election supervisor, Andy Harper, says the turnout is low after a week of early voting. 233 people voted as the polls closed on Monday, and only four people voted during the first two weeks of early voting according to a report from the LaGrange Daily News.

The early voting polls are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Troup County Government Center Monday through Friday until June 16.

Arrington and Stanford are scheduled to face off in a forum hosted by the LaGrange-Troup Chamber and Commerce and the LaGrange Daily News on Thursday, June 8, at 6 p.m. The event will be streamed on the LaGrange Daily News Facebook page.

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