VALDOSTA – The Lowndes County special ballot asking if tax assessors should be appointed narrowly passed by only 198 votes, according to the county’s board of elections.

Currently, Lowndes County tax assessors are elected by the public. In every other county in Georgia, tax assessors are appointed by the county commissioners. Now that the repeal has passed, tax assessors will be appointed by the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners starting in 2021.

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