With voting underway for the November presidential election, election officials and local candidates want everybody to know that it is legal and perfectly normal to "split your vote" on the ballot.

"It's okay to split your vote in the General Election," said Kelvin Williams, director of elections for Lincoln County. "You have to choose parties only in the primary."

Therefore, each voter's ballot will have all the names, Democrat and Republican, and voters may vote for the whole party or vote for each candidate, no matter which party.

"You can vote for a Democrat for coroner and a Republican for county surveyor," Williams said, "or a Republican for coroner and a Democrat for county surveyor. You can flip-flop back and forth voting for Republican or Democrat, whichever you want, all the way down the ballot. It's legal, and it's pretty common."

For more information, contact Kelvin Williams at 706-359-7970.