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More than 10,000 voters cast early ballots for DeKalb election

By Mark Niesse
May 19, 2016

The last chance for voters to cast early ballots without waiting in line for DeKalb County's primary election is Friday.

Election Day is Tuesday, and there will be many contests on the ballot, including for county CEO, district attorney, commission, sheriff, judges and legislators.

So far, 10,467 people had voted in advance through Wednesday, according to the DeKalb Election Office.

Early voting is available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Brookhaven City Hall, the Chamblee Civic Center, the Clark Harrison Building in Decatur, the Dunwoody Library, Berean Christian Church Community Center, the Stonecrest Library, South DeKalb Mall, the Tucker Recreation Center and the DeKalb Elections Office on Memorial Drive.

Voters can use any early voting site, but they must report to their assigned precincts on Election Day.

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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.

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