Everything You Need to Know About Voting in Atlanta
Registering to vote for the first time, re-registering with
a new address, or voting with an early voting/absentee
ballot can be a little confusing. Below are links and
important dates so you can register and cast your vote for
Tiffany . Please email us if you have any questions,
info@brownforatlanta.com.
Quick
Links:
Voter Registration Form: Fill out
the registration form
online, print the
form and have it postmarked and in the mail by October
5th. You can walk your form into your Fulton election office
by 5pm on
October 5th.
Early Voting Ballot: Fill out
the form to request an early/absentee
ballot starting
October 13th; your early/absentee ballot is due to your
Fulton election office via mail or in person by Nov.
3th.
Polling Locations: Find your
polling location online using the here. You can also use
the "Find Your Polling Place Tool" at the bottom of this
page. Polls are open from 7am to 7pm on Nov. 3th.
Important
Dates:
October
5, 2009
October 5th is
the last day for you to mail and postmark your voter
registration form and the last day for you to mail in your
form to request an early/absentee ballot to your Fulton
County election office. Please remember if you are not
registered or if you need to change your address, party
affiliation or name you need to complete the voter
registration form. You can fill out the voter registration
form and make changes to your address using the online
form, but you still must print and mail the form in to
Fulton County election office.
October
13-23, 2009:
Early Voting Begins on October 13, 2009.
The City of Atlanta only has four early voting
sites:
Fulton County Government Center
141 Pryor Street, SW, Suite 4064
Atlanta, GA
North Fulton Service Center
7741 Roswell Road, Suite 209
Sandy Springs, GA
South Fulton Government Center
5600 Stonewall Tell Road, Room 105
College Park, GA
Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 M. L. King, Jr. Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30311
October 26-30, 2009
Advance Voting week begins on October 2, 2009.
The
following are the advance voting
locations:
Fulton County Government Center
141 Pryor Street, SW, Suite 4064
Atlanta, GA
North Fulton Service Center
7741 Roswell Road, Suite 209
Sandy Springs, GA
South Fulton Government Center
5600 Stonewall Tell Road, Room 105
College Park, GA
Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 M. L. King, Jr. Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30311
November
3, 2009
November 3th is Election Day! Polls are open from 7am-7pm.
All early/absentee voting ballots whether personally
delivered, delivered by agent or delivered by mail must
arrive by the closing of the polls on Election Day, 7pm in
order to have your vote counted.
If
you are registering for the first time:
The first step is to download Georgia’s voter registration
form or sign up online here. You must PRINT the form,
completely fill it out and then MAIL it in. The address you
need to mail it to is at the bottom of the form. Mail it to
Fulton County election office for the fastest turnaround
time.
If you don’t want to use the online registration tool, you
can go to any library, driver’s license center or Fulton
election office to get and fill out a voter registration
form.
Even
before you fill out the form, you must be eligible to
vote…this means you are the following (from the Georgia
Secretary of State’s office):
- Be a United
States Citizen
- Be at least 18
years of age on or before Nov. 3th, 2009
-
Live in the State of Georgia (there is no
residency time requirement, so the day you move to
Georgia you can register to vote)
- Have not been
convicted of a felony, or if convicted, at least two
years have passed since the completion of your sentence
for the felony including any parole term (Note: if 2
years have passed since you completed your sentence,
including parole, restitution or community service, you
CAN vote)
- Have not been
officially found to be mentally incompetent.
If
you are already registered but need to change your
address:
You can use the Georgia’s voter registration form or you
can walk into your county election office to change your
name, address or party affiliation. You do NOT have to be
registered as a Democrat to vote for Tiffany, in fact many
Republicans and Independents plan on voting for Tiffany!
Special
Info for Students:
Voting
at Your Home Address or School Address
There are no
laws that say you must register and vote at your school or
parent’s home address, so please do not let anyone try to
tell you that there is (in fact if someone tries to, call
our office immediately, since in 1979 a Supreme Court
decision ensured students are legally allowed to register
at their college residence address because students were
being discriminated and blocked from voting and we know it
still happens in some places).
We encourage all students, even if you moved here to go to
school from a different state, to register and vote in
Georgia. We believe you live in your college community for
at least four years and that you are part of that
community. You can use Georgia’s voter registration form,
or you can go into Fulton County election office.
Lastly, there are no residency time requirements in
Georgia, so the day you move here, you can vote here along
as you properly register.
Voting with a Mail-In Early Voting/ Absentee
Ballot
If your parents also live in Georgia and you do not want to
change your address, you can simply request an Early Voting
ballot (directions above, people refer to in different
ways—Absentee, Early and Mail-in—they all mean the same
thing) that will go to their house. Georgia is a great
state that allows anyone to request a mail-in ballot which
means you to get to vote early and don’t have to worry
about going to the polls on Nov. 3rd (although many folks
tell us they love getting the “I Voted” sticker ).
For Further Info:
http://www.sos.georgia.gov:
This is the Secretary of State’s website; they oversee all
voting and registration issues. They also have a new
program that encourages young people to become poll
workers, so check that out!
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