Hamilton County officials want to reduce precinct price tag

Charlotte Mullis-Morgan, elections administrator for Hamilton County

When Hamilton County election officials open the Northwoods No. 4 voting precinct at Hixson United Methodist Church, no one casts a ballot.

No registered voters live in that precinct.

And it’s one of several precincts the county would like to see folded into a larger one.

At least seven precincts in the county have fewer than 100 voters, and Election Administrator Charlotte Mullis-Morgan wants to eliminate as many as possible while the county and state are in the process of redrawing district boundaries.

“We go in and precinct everyone and put them in according to their lines,” Mullis-Morgan said.