Flowery Branch residents will have to make two stops if they want to vote in local and state elections next Tuesday.

They must go to City Hall at 5517 Main St. to vote for mayor - the only contested race - and to one of four Hall County precincts, including one in neighboring Oakwood, to cast ballots for everything else, including the governor's race and state referendums.

The situation isn't normal for Flowery Branch, which is holding a special election to fill unexpired terms for mayor and the Post 4 City Council seat. Normally, city governments in Georgia hold elections in odd-numbered years.

The Hall County elections office has agreed to post signs reminding or informing residents about the dual voting.

Voters in Flowery Branch are registered to cast ballots at the Oakwood community building at the corner of Railroad and Allen streets, Friendship Elementary School off Friendship Road, Flowery Branch Elementary School off Radford Road or First Baptist Church of Flowery Branch off Spring Street.

The signs "will probably be where the voting units are," said Charlotte Sosebee, interim Hall County elections director. "Either there or near the certificate table. It's really left up to the discretion of the (poll) manager."

To further direct voters, "we have been reminding people as they come in and pay their utility bills, as well as reminded those that came in to vote on Sept. 21," Flowery Branch City Clerk Melissa McCain said, referring to the special election to fill the Post 1 council seat.

Also, "we will be reminding (Tuesday's) voters to go to their normal precinct to vote," she said.

Early voting is under way in the city, ending Friday. As of late Wednesday, 57 absentee ballots had been cast.

Flowery Branch has seen quite the seesaw political year, beginning with an overhaul of City Council.

Three new council members took office Jan. 1, replacing incumbents who chose not to seek re-election.

Then, mid-term Councilman Craig Lutz resigned to run for the South Hall seat on the Hall County Board of Commissioners and now faces Democrat Paul Wayne Godfrey in Tuesday's election.

Mayor Diane Hirling, who had been re-elected to a four-year term last November, resigned in May to retire to Port St. Lucie, Fla.

The Sept. 21 special election to replace Lutz ended with the election of Amanda Swafford.

Former Councilman Mike Miller, who had served as interim mayor until he resigned to run for mayor, faces political newcomer and retired businessman Mike Pitts in Tuesday's mayor race.

Joseph Anglin is the lone candidate for the Post 4 seat, so he will become the new council member by default.

He and the winner of the mayor's race will take office immediately.

Both won't have to wait long to conduct city business. The next Flowery Branch City Council is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at City Hall.