Voting Begins (in Georgia) Two Weeks From Now

During the 2008 legislative session, the Georgia House and Senate passed a bill (Senate Bill 387) that changed Georgia's election law to allow for in-person, no-excuse absentee voting 45 days prior to the election.

What this means is that beginning Monday, September 22nd, any registered voter could walk into their county elections office and vote early without providing a reason.  All any voter has to do is walk into their local elections office, say "I want to vote," get a ballot, vote, and they'll be done with the process weeks ahead of time.

The early voting period begins Monday, September 22nd and ends Friday, October 24th.  

The advanced voting period begins Monday October 27th and ends Friday, October 31st; my birthday.

And of course, the big day is Tuesday, November 4th from 7AM to 7PM.

With all this opportunities to vote, there is no reason why anyone should miss out on this election.

During the 2008 legislative session, the Georgia House and Senate passed a bill (Senate Bill 387) that changed Georgia's election law to allow for in-person, no-excuse absentee voting 45 days prior to the election.

What this means is that beginning Monday, September 22nd, any registered voter could walk into their county elections office and vote early without providing a reason.  All any voter has to do is walk into their local elections office, say "I want to vote," get a ballot, vote, and they'll be done with the process weeks ahead of time.

The early voting period begins Monday, September 22nd and ends Friday, October 24th.  

The advanced voting period begins Monday October 27th and ends Friday, October 31st; my birthday.

And of course, the big day is Tuesday, November 4th from 7AM to 7PM.

With all this opportunities to vote, there is no reason why anyone should miss out on this election.

Click here to locate your local county elections office.



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Re: Voting Begins (in Georgia) Two Weeks From Now (none / 0)

...There's a particular presidential campaign that's been busy registering people to vote in the Peach State.  At this point, I believe they need to change gears real fast to focus on packing the county elections offices across Georgia will their supporters ready to vote.


by andrewalker08 on Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 12:02:23 PM EST

Isn't Ohio doing this as well? (none / 0)

During the primary, Obama's campaign was on top of these state peculiarities and were able to work the system to their advantage.  If Obama is smart, he'll have a massive GOTV effort in Georgia (and in Ohio, if they do it there, too).  The psychological benefit of getting a huge early lead should not be discounted; it will allow a lot of people who aren't regularly counted in the polling to be heard.


The pebbles have voted and the avalanche has begun.

President-Elect "That One"

by Dracomicron on Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 12:20:00 PM EST

Voting Begins in Iowa 9/25 (none / 0)

We've had no-excuse early voting since 1990.
by jdeeth on Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 10:15:58 PM EST


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