Each voter must vote at the polling place designated for the precinct in which the voter lives - the location of your polling place is located on your precinct card. If you have misplaced your card or do not know where your precinct is located, please use the Georgia Secretary of State's poll locator poll locator.
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Go to your polling place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on election day. When you arrive at your polling place, you will complete a voter's certificate which asks for your name and residence address. You will then present this to the poll officers who will verify that you are a registered voter in that precinct by checking the voters list for that precinct. If your name is found on the list, you will be issued a ballot or admitted into a voting machine booth to cast your vote.
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Yes. Sample ballots are available through your county or municipal registrar's office. Voters are authorized to carry a sample ballot or list of selected candidates with them to the polls to aid them in voting their ballot. You may not share the sample ballot or candidate list with other voters at the polls, but you may use it for your benefit.
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Peak voting hours appear to be from 7 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. until 7:00 pm and during the mid-day lunch hour.
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Yes. Georgia law requires employers to grant their workers up to two hours to vote on the day of an election. However, the employer is authorized to specify the hours which an employee may use. This provision does not apply to employees whose hours of work begin at least two hours after the polls open or end at least two hours before the polls close. There is no obligation for an employer to pay the employee for the time taken to vote.
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Voters are required to present identification at their polling place prior to casting their ballot.
Proper identification shall consist of any one of the following:
- a valid Georgia driver's license;
- a valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Georgia, any other state, or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification;
- a valid United States passport;
- a valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the elector and issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, this state, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this state;
- a valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the elector and issued by any employer of the elector in the ordinary course of such employer's business;
- a valid student identification card containing a photograph of the elector from any public or private college, university, or postgraduate technical or professional school located within the state of Georgia;
- a valid Georgia license to carry a pistol or revolver;
- a valid pilot's license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration or other authorized agency of the United States;
- a valid United States military identification card;
- a certified copy of the elector's birth certificate;
- a valid social security card;
- certified naturalization documentation;
- or a certified copy of court records showing adoption, name, or sex change.
NOTE: The "precinct card" you receive to confirm your voter registration and voting location is NOT a form of identification and it will not be sufficient identification to vote.
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If an elector is unable to produce any of the required identification, the elector shall sign a statement under oath in a form approved by the Secretary of State, separate and distinct from the elector's voter certificate, swearing or affirming that he or she is the person identified on the elector's voter certificate. Such person shall be allowed to vote without undue delay. Falsely swearing or affirming such statement under oath is punishable as a felony.
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Instructions on how to vote a ballot or operate a voting machine are posted at each polling place. In addition, you may ask a poll officer for assistance at any time.
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In the case of an election with federal candidates on the ballot, illiterate or disabled persons may receive assistance from anyone of the voter's choosing with the exception of the voter's employer, agent of the voter's employer, officer of the voter's union, or a representative of the voter's union. There is no limit as to the number of voters an individual may assist.
In the case of an election where federal candidates are not on the ballot, illiterate or disabled persons may receive assistance in voting. Anyone who is entitled to receive assistance in voting shall be permitted to select any voter, except a poll officer or poll watcher, who is a resident of the precinct in which the voter requiring assistance is attempting to vote or the mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, or child of the voter entitled to receive assistance. No person shall assist more than ten such voters in any election.
Note: Between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on the day of an election, voters who are 75 years of age or older or who are physically disabled may, upon request to a poll officer, vote immediately without waiting in line.
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Poll officers of the precinct will be available to answer any questions voters may have concerning voting their ballot or operating a vote recorder or voting machine. If you damage, spoil, or erroneously mark your ballot, you may return it to a poll officer and obtain a new ballot.
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Children under the age of 18 may accompany a parent into the voting booth. However, they may not be disruptive or interfere with the voting process, vote the ballot or operate any function of a vote recorder or voting machine.
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No person may campaign; distribute literature of written or printed matter of any kind; wear campaign buttons, signs, pins, stickers, T-shirts, etc.; circulate petitions; or perform similar activities within 150 feet of the building in which a polling place is located.
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- You will be absent from your precinct from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day.
- You are 75 years of age or older.
- You have a physical disability which prevents you from voting in person or you are a constant caregiver of a person with a disability.
- You are an election official.
- You are observing a religious holiday which prevents you from voting in person.
- You are required to remain on duty in your precinct for the protection of life, health, or safety of the public.
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You may request an absentee ballot as early as 180 days before an election. No absentee ballots are issued on election day. Applications for absentee ballots may be made in person at the registrar's office, by mail, or if available, by facsimile transmission to the registrar's office. An absentee ballot application is also available on this site. The application must be in writing and must contain the address to which the ballot is to be mailed, the reason for voting by absentee ballot, sufficient information to identify you as a voter and the election in which you wish to vote. If you are physically disabled or living temporarily outside your county of residence, a close relative may apply for an absentee ballot for you. NOTE: Absentee ballots must be signed and received by the Fulton County Board of Elections and Voter Registration (Suite 4075, 141 Pryor Street, S. W., Atlanta, GA 30303-3450) on or before election day!
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Cathy Cox
Secretary of State
Elections Division
1104 West Tower
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SE
Atlanta, Ga. 30334
(404) 656-2871
1-800-551-8029 (TDD for the hearing or speech impaired)
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