Probate Judge Earlean Isaac displays the new voting booths to be used in the 2012 Primary election

There are only three local offices on the upcoming March Democratic Primary ballot – Circuit Clerk, Probate Judge and Constables. There are two candidates for Probate Judge – incumbant Earlean Isaac and John Kennard.

For constable there is one one candidate for District 1, Precinct 1 – Lester Brown; for Constable District 2, Precinct 4,  there are two candidates – Fred Daniels and John J. Steele; for constable District 3, Precinct 1 there is  one candidate – Spiver W. Gordon.

There are three candidates for Greene County Circuit Clerk – incumbent Etta Edwards, Mattie D. Atkins and Loretta Webb Wilson.

 National and District Candidates in Democratic Primary

 The Greene County Democrat ballot also holds the following national and district candidates:

Barack Obama for President; Terri Sewell for United States House of Representatives, District 7; Lucy Baxley for Public Service Commission President and Eddie Hardaway for Circuit Court Judge, 17th Circuit.

 New Voting Equipment

 Greene County Probate Judge Earlean Isaac has acquired new voting equipment for the upcoming election on Tuesday, March 13.

“After the last election,” said Isaac, “I had a lot of complaints of insufficient parking places at three places in particular – the National Guard Armory, the Eutaw Activity Center and Forkland Town Hall.

‘I contacted the state and through a State of Alabama HAVA (Help America Vote Act) Grant I was able to purchase both new voting booths and signs designating voter parking. I will have at least two or three parking places at each voting place marked “voter parking.”

According to Isaac, each voting unit will have four units and offer complete privacy for the voter. Of the four units, one is designed for the handicapped. At the larger precincts, there will be two four-unit voter units.

Isaac said that Forkland already has a voting booth, but the other  voting places do not have them yet.

“Depending on how much money we get from the state and other sources, we plan future upgrade in the voting process,” said Isaac.