Early voting open for DeKalb elections
Early voting is underway for July 14 elections to represent DeKalb County on the county commission and in the Georgia House of Representatives.
The race to represent southeast DeKalb is a runoff between Mereda Davis Johnson, an attorney and the wife of U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, and George Turner, a retired MARTA manager and a leader of several community groups.
The election to represent Brookhaven in the state House is between four attorneys: Taylor Bennett, a Democrat and a former Georgia Tech quarterback; Catherine Bernard, a Republican who opposed Brookhaven's redevelopment powers referendum; Loren Collins, a Republican and a previous write-in candidate for Congress; and J. Max Davis, a Republican and the former mayor of Brookhaven.
Residents who live in DeKalb District 5 or House District 80 may cast early ballots until July 10 at the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office at 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, in Decatur.
Early voting is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 4. The office will be closed Friday in observance of Independence Day.
About the Author
Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
