Poll workers were undergoing training on the touch-screen voting machines this afternoon in the Marion County Chancery Courtroom in preparation for next Tuesday’s June 1 primary election. According to Circuit Clerk Jesse Loftin, whose office oversees the election, poll worker training takes place before each election. Kendra Turnage, pictured at left, looks at a print out from one of the voting machines. The only races on next Tuesday’s ballot will be for U.S. Congress. In District 3, there will be a Democratic primary with candidates Joel L. Gill of Pickens, James D. Jackson of Brandon and Shawn O’Hara of Hattiesburg, and District 4 will have a Republican primary with candidates Joe Tegerdine of Petal and Steven Palazzo of Biloxi. There are a total of 17,040 registered voters in Marion County. The polls open at 7 a.m. next Tuesday and close at 7 p.m. Following are precinct locations for voters in District 3: Carley, Cedar Grove, Darbun, East Columbia, Goss, Kokomo, Morgantown, Pittman, Stovall, White Bluff. District 4 includes Balls Mill, City Hall, Courthouse, Foxworth, Hub, Jefferson School, National Guard, Pine Burr, Popetown, Sandy Hook, South Columbia and Union. The Morris Precinct is split between Districts 3 and 4.







































