Pike says ‘yes’ to SPLOST

Pike County voters approved the SPLOST referendum Tuesday. The vote was not as close as expected.With all precincts reporting, the final tally was:TOTAL:1155 – YES votes740 – NO votesVoting by precinct ran as follows:Zebulon – 175 votes57.14% YES42.86% NOWilliamson – 129 votes59.69% – YES40.31% – NOConcord – 144 votes69.44% – YES30.56% – NOMolena – 144 votes65.28% – YES34.72% – NOSecond district – 168 votes60.71% – YES39.29% – NOHollonville – 176 votes57.39% – YES42.61% – NOLifsey Springs – 112 votes50.89% – YES49.11% – NOMeansville – 148 votes56.76% – YES43.24% – NOAbsentee in person – 600 votes62.83% YES37.17% NOAbsentee by mail – 99 votes63.64 – YES36.36 – NOPike County voters who have not taken advantage of early voting headed to the polls today to cast their vote on whether or not to have a new SPLOST. Six hundred and three voters cast their vote early and around 100 voted by absentee ballot. The machine recorded votes and the paper ballots will be counted tonight in the courtroom.