After three days of Advance In Person voting, and with only two days remaining, 2,175 of Oconee County’s eligible voters, or 6.4 percent, have cast an In Person ballot in the June 16 Party Primary Runoff.
Another 87 voters have returned an Absentee by Mail ballot, bringing the total number of votes cast by the end of the day on Wednesday to 2,262, or 7.0 percent or those eligible.
A total of 6,640 voters cast a ballot in early voting in the May 19 Party Primary and Nonpartisan Election, or 53.4 percent of the total 12,445 votes cast across all three voting modes.
Absentee by Mail ballots accounted for 2.0 percent of the votes cast in the May 19 election, with election day voting accounting for 44.7 percent.
At the end of the day on Wednesday, 288 Democratic Ballots had been cast, or 12.7 percent of the 2,262 total, and 1,964 Republican Ballots had been cast, or 87.3 percent of the total.
In May 19 Party Primary voting, Democratic ballots made up 26.5 percent of the primary ballots in the county, with Republicans making up 73.4 percent.
The Republican Party still has not selected its nominee in the key races for U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State, while the Democratic Party has its nominee for U.S. Senate and for Governor and is seeking its nominee for Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State.
The Republican Party also has not selected its candidate for Senate District 46, which includes all of Oconee County.
Early voting continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Oconee County Administrative Building, 7635 Macon Highway, north of Watkinsville. No Saturday voting will be held.
Vote Tallies
A total of 658 voters cast a ballot on the first day of early voting on Monday (June 8), followed by 682 on Tuesday, and 835 on Wednesday.
Early voting stretched across 17 days leading up to the May 19 election, with only 198 voters casting a ballot on April 27, the first day of early voting.
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| McKillip 6/1/2026 |
Daily voting totals didn’t break 600 until May 14, the second to last day of early voting, when 742 voters cast a ballot, and peaked on the final day with 1,229 casting a ballot.
The county has issued 284 Absentee by Mail ballots for the June 16 runoff, with only the 87 returned.
For the May 19 election, the county had issued 270 Absentee by Mail Ballots, with 244 of those returned.
The state Senate District 46 races pits Doug McKillip of Oconee County with Marc McMain of Walton County. Incumbent Bill Cowsert stepped down to run, unsuccessfully, for the party nomination for Attorney General.
The Senate District 46 includes, in addition to all of Oconee County, parts of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, and Barrow counties.
The Republican Ballot lists Mike Collins and Darek Dooley in the U.S. Senate race, Rick Jackson and Burt Jones in the Governor race, Greg Dolezal and John F. Kennedy in the race for Lieutenant Governor, and Tim Fleming and Vernon Jones in the Secretary of State Race.
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| McMain 6/1/2026 |
Republicans also are choosing between Fred “Bubba” Longgrear and incumbent Richard Woods for State School Superintendent and Bobby Mehan and John Tolbert for Public Service Commissioner for District 5.
The Democratic Ballot lists Josh McLaurin and Nabilah Parkes for Lieutenant Governor, Dana Barrett and Penny Brown Reynolds for Secretary of State, DeAndre Mathis and Keisha Sean Waites for Insurance Commissioner, and Nikki Porcher and Michelle Michi Sanchez for Labor Commissioner.
Voters who did not vote in the May 19 election can vote in either party primary runoff, as can voters who selected the Nonpartisan Ballot on May 19.
Voters who used the Democratic or Republican Ballots in May must use the same party ballot in the June 16 runoff
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