The Mayor and two Council Members will be up for election/reelection in the upcoming November 7th General Election.
In the general election to be held on November 7, 2023, the qualifying fee for Mayor shall be $27.00 and Council Members shall be $18.00, representing 3% of the current annual salary for each office. A pauper’s affidavit may be filed in lieu of paying the qualifying fee otherwise required.
The Town Clerk shall authorize the Rabun County Election Superintendent to publish all advertisements in the legal organ as required by state law.
Qualifying periods shall commence no earlier than 8:30 A.M. on the third Monday in August immediately preceding the general election and shall end no later than 4:30 P.M. on the following Friday.
Qualifying will be held at the Rabun County Elections Office.
The members of the town council shall serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors are elected and oaths of office taken. No person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or town council member unless he shall have been a resident of the town six months immediately prior to the date of the election of mayor or members of the town council; each shall continue to reside therein during his period of service and shall be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of this town. No person related within the second degree by affinity, or within the third degree by consanguinity, to any elected officer of the town shall be elected or appointed to any office of the town other than as an unpaid volunteer, and with the consent of the majority of the remaining council members. “Unpaid volunteer” shall mean any person who takes on a role on behalf of the town for no compensation or remuneration.