Plans have been put in motion

for the creation of two separate voting precincts in the city of Fayetteville.

City officials decided, after

the large crowd that converged on the Depot last November for the liquor

referendum, that growth in the city during the past decade necessitated

giving residents more than one place in which to vote.

The first step was a resolution

approved by the City Council that divides Fayetteville into northern and

southern precincts, with Ga. Highway 54 being the dividing line.

If this plan is approved, northern

voters will cast their ballots at the Lafayette Educational Center on

Lafayette Avenue (the old Fayette County High School), while voters in

the southern half will go to the county library behind the Stonewall county

government complex.

The resolution directs the

Board of Registrars to investigate and make a recommendation to the City

Council that could alter or totally disregard the current proposal. The

city must also file a map reflecting the proposed changes with the Secretary

of State as well as the Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment

Office, according to city attorney David Winkle. The U.S. Justice Department

must also approve the changes.