In southeast Georgia, voters will decide who will fill a vacancy on the Appling County Probate Court created by the resignation of Judge Diane Hallman in July. Hallman served 45 years on the bench before stepping down.

For the past two months, Gretchen Johnson Bailey has been filling in as interim judge, having worked beneath Hallman for 15 years. Now she’s running to make her court position official with the help of Appling County voters in a special Nov. 8 nonpartisan election.