Public Notices

The Daily Ballot Recap for the May 19, 2026 Primary/Nonpartisan General Election will be updated by 10:00 am Monday – Friday when reports are available. Daily Ballot Recap PDF Date Absentee By Mail Ballots & EBD Issued Absentee By Mail Ballots Returned Absentee By Mail Ballots Rejected Absentee By Mail Ballots Cured & Accepted Provisional Absentee By Mail Ballots Issued Provisional ABM Ballots Cure & Accepted Advance In Person Ballots...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Finance Committee Meeting on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:00 pm in the Kinchafoonee Conference Room of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the FY 2026-2027 Budget.

The Lee County Board of Commissioners has received information from Mr. Philip Husain, the Chair of the Lee County Board of Tax Assessors, regarding some issues in connection with the calculation of the annual rollback rate for county ad valorem taxes related to the 2025 tax digest. Mr. Husain was appointed to the Board of Tax Assessors by the Board of Commissioners on December 9, 2025, so he was not a member of the Tax Assessors Board when the calculation of the annual rollback rate for...

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-492 notice is hereby given that the computation and canvassing of the returns of votes cast in the May 19, 2026 Primary/Nonpartisan Election will take place in the Elections and Registration Office, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Suite B, Leesburg, Georgia. Computation and canvassing will begin Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 9:00 am. The Board of Elections and Registration will meet to certify the returns on May 22, 2026 at 5:30 pm.

Lee County, GA – The Lee County Utilities Authority has issued a public notice regarding a drinking water standards violation involving fluoride levels in the county’s water system. View the April 8, 2026 notice here. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has determined that the Lee County Utilities Authority Water System, a community water system, exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for fluoride, in violation of the Georgia Rules for Safe Drinking Water (Rule...

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-386 and State Election Board Rule 183-1-14-0.7-15, the citizens of Lee County are hereby notified the Lee County Board of Elections and Registration will begin the processing of paper absentee ballots cast in the May 19, 2026 Primary/Nonpartisan Election at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 9, 2026 in the Elections and Registration Office, 100 Starksville Ave., North, Suite B, Leesburg, and continue until 5:00 pm. Processing will resume on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 10:00 am...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing regarding the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 6:00pm in the Opal Cannon Auditorium of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, located at 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763. This Public Hearing is open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend. A copy of the proposed budget for the Lee County Board of Commissioners for FY2026-2027 is available for review at the County...

NOTICE OF VIOLATION Fluoride MCL Violation (Type – 02) Public Notification Requested (Tier 2) Lee County Utilities Authority Water System, Lee County WSID#: GA 1770068, EP 310 Violation ID:2025-43142 Notice of Violation (NOV) of the Georgia Rules for Safe Drinking Water (Rules) 391-3-5-.18 and Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 141.62 for the Lee County Water System, in Lee County, a Community Water System. During a review of sample analysis results, the Environmental...

Advance-in-Person voting for the May 19, 2026 Primary /Nonpartisan Election will be available at the following locations: Lee County Elections Office 100 Starksville Ave North, Suite B, Leesburg, GA 31763 Map & Directions Monday – Friday, April 27 – May 15 8:15 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, May 2 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, May 9 9:00 am – 5:00 pm The Bindery @ The Oakland Library 445 Oakland Parkway West, Leesburg, GA 31763 Map & Directions Monday, May 4 2:00 pm...

The last day to register and be eligible to vote in May 19, 2026 Primary/Nonpartisan Election will be April 20, 2026. This will also be the last day to make any address changes prior to the election. Absentee-by-Mail Voting will be available for all registered voters. To obtain an Absentee-by-Mail ballot you may: Use the ballot request portal available at https://securemyabsenteeballot.sos.ga.gov/s/ Download an application from the Elections & Registrations webpage Request an...

Notice is hereby given that Logic and Accuracy Testing on the voting equipment to be used in the May 19, 2026 Primary/Nonpartisan Election will begin at 9:00 am on April 8, 2026. The testing will be held in the Elections and Registration Office and the Elections Storage Building located at 100 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, Georgia. Representatives of political parties and bodies, news media, and the public shall be permitted to observe the testing. Testing will continue daily until...

The offices of the Lee County Board of Commissioners will be closed Friday, April 3, 2026 in observance of Good Friday. County offices will reopen for regular business hours on Monday, April 6, 2026. Residential garbage collection will not be affected and will run as scheduled.