Fayette County voters go to

the polls Tuesday to elect a county commissioner, a Board of Education

member, a clerk of Superior Court, a state senator and a U.S. congressman,

in addition to statewide races.

The crowded ballot also includes

a $65 million bond issue for school construction and numerous state constitutional

amendment questions.

Fayetteville residents will

be asked to make a second trip to a separate polling place, the city's

historic Depot, to decide whether liquor by the drink will be legalized

in the city.

Local candidates' answers to

questions put to them by The Citizen are included in a special Campaign

2000 section starting on Page 2C in today's issues.

Also included will be brief

explanations of each constitutional amendment, provided by the secretary

of state's office, biographical information on each candidate, and a sample

ballot that voters can mark and take with them to the polling place to

speed up the process.

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close

at 7 p.m. If you don't know where your polling place is, phone the county

Elections Department at 770-460-5730, extension 5408.

Information also is available

on the department's web page, at admin.co.fayette.ga.us/election/electres.htm

. The secretary of state's office also provides election information on-line

at www.sos.state.ga.us/ .

Information on constitutional

amendments and referendum questions also is available at the secretary

of state's information hot line, 888-265-1115.

Officials are cautioning voters

to expect long lines at polling places and suggest marking sample ballots

ahead of time. Some predictions of voter turnout run as high as 80 percent.