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Get out and vote early, says Georgia’s Secretary of State
— By Ryan Kolakowski, Marietta Daily Journal, October 7, 2020 — MARIETTA — Georgia’s top election official has a simple message to the 5.5 million people he expects to cast a ballot in November’s general election. Vote early. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of...
Georgia absentee ballot requests so far: 5 times more than 2016 totals
— By Will Peebles, Athens Banner-Herald, October 1, 2020 — COVID-19 has pushed substantially more Georgia voters towards voting absentee this year than four years ago. At the end of the day on Tuesday, 1,352,070 Georgians had requested an absentee ballot for the Nov....
Voting by mail? You can now get alerts for absentee ballot updates
— By Jason Braverman, 11Alive, September 28, 2020 — ATLANTA — Georgians who vote by mail are getting another way to keep track of their ballot throughout the process. The Secretary of State announced BallotTrax, a service that allow voters to receive text messages,...
Line tracker, tech support aim to smooth hurdles in Nov. 3 election in Georgia
— By Beau Evans, Capitol Beat News Service,September 23, 2020 — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told members of the Atlanta Press Club Tuesday, Sept. 22, the new real-time tracker will let voters see wait times on Election Day and help officials pinpoint any...
Georgia Signs On Nearly 15,000 Poll Workers In Runup To November Election
— By Stanley Dunlap, GPB, September 9, 2020 — James Hammond is more than answering Georgia’s call to join a new army of poll workers ahead of November’s big election. He’s also turned into a one-man recruiting force. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s...
UGA under pressure to allow in-person early voting on campus
— By Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 16, 2020 — Student groups, politicians and one of the state’s top elections officials urged the University of Georgia to reverse course Wednesday and allow early voting on campus, prompting the school to...
Glynn County pilots election audit program
— By Taylor Cooper, The Brunswick News, September 2, 2020 — Glynn County’s Board of Elections helped the state test a new election-security tool Tuesday. Tuesday’s trial of the process, called risk-limited auditing, was conducted by VotingWorks, a nonprofit dedicated...
Georgia launches online absentee ballot request system
— By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service, August 28, 2020 — ATLANTA – Georgians can request an absentee ballot for the November election by going online to a website Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office launched Friday. Located at...
Election officials expect smoother November after June’s hard lessons
— By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder, August 17, 2020 — Georgia election officials are banking on the lessons learned from a rocky June 9 general primary and a calmer Aug. 11 runoff will pay dividends in November’s presidential election when a record 5 million people...
Aug. 11 – Secretary of State Partners with U.S. Election Assistance Commission to Recruit Poll Workers
— SBJ Staff Report, Savannah Business Journal, August 11, 2020 — August 11, 2020 - Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced today that his office is partnering with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in helping the Georgia counties that run elections to...