The commissioners serve for terms of four years, with elections being held every four years. Commissioners shall be elected from the city at large and shall be elected by the consolidated vote of the entire city. Elected officials take office January 1^st following the election. Any person desiring to become a candidate shall file written notice during the advertised qualifying period in August 2011 at the advertised location.  Qualifying fees have been set and published as $54 for City Commissioner.  The next General Election for the Cedartown City Commission will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.  The Election will be held for the election of two (2) City Commissioners.

Qualifications – No person shall be eligible to serve as a commissioner unless he or she shall have attained the age of twenty-one and have been a resident of this city for one year immediately preceding his or her qualification for office, and shall be a qualified and registered voter, eligible to vote in the municipal elections and shall not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.

Please refer to www.ethics.ga.gov or call 404-463-1980 for information regarding campaign contribution and/or financial reporting.

To register to vote you must be:

·         a U.S. Citizen

·         a legal resident of Georgia

·         17 ½ years old to register (18 to vote)

·         not be serving a sentence for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude

·         have not been found mentally incompetent by a judge

You may register at the:

Polk County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Office

Polk County Administration Building

144 West Avenue Suite D

Cedartown, Georgia  30125

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(770) 749-2103

(770) 749-2194 (fax)

The Polk County Board of Elections conducts the City of Cedartown elections.  

Voter Registration deadlines are available at www.sos.georgia.gov/elections.