Election Results Watch Party Planned in Henderson County

ATHENS — The Henderson County Republican Party and the Henderson County Democrat Party are coming together to host an Old Fashioned Elections Night Returns Watching Party. The watch party will start at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night at the Henderson County Courthouse Annex on Prairieville Street in Athens. The gathering had been a long running tradition for citizens to gather at the courthouse on Election Night to watch poll returns. This will be the first time of the gathering since 2014.

Henderson County Commissioners Court elected earlier this year to move Henderson County to voting centers. Registered voters in Henderson County can now vote at any of the 24 polling places in the county from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on March 3rd. The Annex will open its doors at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. Admission is free, and attendees can bring lawn or folding chairs, snacks and drinks (no alcohol). Election results will be posted on a chalk board as they come in.