ONLY ON 41NBC: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones summoned for jury duty ahead of Election Day

41NBC was the only television station inside the courtroom Monday and the only station to speak exclusively with Jones outside the courthouse as he fulfilled jury duty obligations just one day before Election Day.

JACKSON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Lt. Gov. Burt Jones spent the day before Georgia’s gubernatorial primary inside a courtroom instead of on the campaign trail.

The Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for governor says civic duty comes first before returning to campaign operations ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

“We’re going to do our civic duties here, and then whenever they decide they don’t need our services, then we’ll get back to my office here in Jackson and get on the phones and start talking to all our people around the state and just make sure we’ve got everybody ready to go and ready to head to the polls tomorrow because we need a big turnout tomorrow from Republicans, especially,” Jones said.

Jones’ appearance at the courthouse in Butts County comes as two of his Republican primary opponents spent Monday campaigning across Georgia. Attorney General Chris Carr held a campaign stop at Highnote Aviation in Macon, while Republican candidate Rick Jackson made a stop in Perry during a statewide flyover tour.

During the exclusive interview, Jones also weighed in on Governor Brian Kemp’s call for a special legislative session regarding elections and redistricting.

“The special session is being called because we’ve got a secretary of state that is not abiding by the election laws, so the special session is being called because we’re going to be out of compliance come July 1 with our elections process thanks to the Secretary of State. And then the redistricting also, as he put in the order, is something that we’ll look at as well. But the main reason why we’re going back in special session is on the elections, getting rid of the QR codes, and then we’ll look at the redistricting after that,” Jones said.

Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday in one of the state’s most closely watched Republican primary races for governor.