Tag: voting
Election 2020: Georgia candidates answer questions on COVID-19, healthcare, protests, and more
Georgia has several high-profile federal races on the ballot this year. To help you learn where the 2020 candidates stand, we asked them to answer questions about the pandemic, healthcare, the state of policing, and other issues impacting life in our state.
How is Fulton County preventing an election day disaster?
Voter roll purges, long lines at some precincts, late results. Will the Fulton County and state officials who oversee voter registration and the polls redeem themselves on November 3?
How to volunteer on Election Day in metro Atlanta
While many metro Atlanta counties were overwhelmed with applications to become poll workers, there are still plenty of ways to help out fellow voters and volunteer on Election Day.
Your top 10 questions about voting absentee in Georgia, answered
Although absentee voting has long been a part of Georgia elections and every registered voter is eligible for an absentee ballot, many will be using the method this year for the first time. Here’s how to request an absentee ballot—yes, there’s still time—and how to ensure it gets counted.
PSA: The deadline to register to vote in Georgia is Monday, October 5
Planning to vote on November 3 in Georgia? It's time to check your voter registration and get registered now. (No, really, right now.)
Do you know the all candidates on your ballot? Most voters don’t
Informed Georgians for Justice is a nonpartisan initiative created in partnership with the Georgia NAACP to provide voters with information on where more than 220 candidates in all 159 counties stand on progressive reforms such as accountability courts, eliminating cash bail, ending solitary confinement, and more.
Let’s talk to Atlanta voters about their chairs!
Because knowing that the lines to cast a ballot will be so long that you pack along a camping chair is part of a completely healthy, functioning, fair elections system.
What you need to know to vote on June 9 in metro Atlanta
When do the polls open? Can I still cast my absentee ballot? What if my absentee ballot never came? We answer your June 9 primary election day questions.
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Wednesday, May 20
On Tuesday, hospitalizations for COVID-19 reached their lowest level since early April. Here’s your Wednesday morning update.
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Monday, May 18
Over the weekend, new re-openings were announced and Atlanta United earned another championship win. Here’s your Monday morning update.