Early Voting / Advance Voting

[Oscar Knight]

Early voting precincts in Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton and most other Georgia counties open on Monday. State law requires counties to offer early voting at least 45 days before election day.

www.co.clayton.ga.us/brd_elections_registration/pdfs/Early%20Voting.pdf

Advance Voting

www.co.clayton.ga.us/brd_elections_registration/advance_voting.htm

[Oscar Knight]

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[Oscar Knight]

In any event, early voting for the July 20 primary will begin on Monday in Clayton County, according to Bright.

From Monday, June 7, to Friday, July 9, Clayton residents will be able to vote early at the Clayton County Elections and Registration Office, located at 121 South McDonough St., in Jonesboro.

Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8 a.m., and 5 p.m., registered voters will be able to cast their ballots, regardless of where they live in the county, she said. “You don’t have to have a reason to vote early,” Bright said. “You will have to provide one of the six photo IDs [identifications] required by the state.”

From July 12 to July 16, she said, advance voting for the primary will open at six locations around the county. Those locations will be: The Clayton County Elections and Registration Office in Jonesboro; the Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center in Rex; the Clayton County Headquarters Library in Jonesboro; the Lovejoy Branch Library in Hampton; the Morrow Municipal Complex Community Room; and the Frank Bailey Senior Center in Riverdale.

The Republican Party ballot for the primary will include the party question, “Do you support an amendment to the Georgia State Constitution so as to provide that the paramount right to life is vested in each human being from the earliest biological beginning until natural death?”

The Democratic Party ballot will not include a party question, Bright said. The last day to register to vote in the primary election is June 21, according to Bright. Absentee ballots will be accepted until July 16, the Friday before the election, she said.

For more information, visit www.co.clayton.ga.us.

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