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Nearly 1,900 DeKalb voters have already cast ballots

By Mark Niesse
Feb 16, 2016

DeKalb County voters are getting a head start on Georgia's March 1 presidential primary.

In the first four days of early voting last week, 1,877 DeKalb voters cast ballots at three sites across DeKalb.

Early voting is available in DeKalb on weekdays through Feb. 26 and on Saturday, Feb. 20.

In addition to the presidential primary, voters in the new city of Tucker will choose their first mayor and city council. Early voting applies in those elections, too.

Early voting locations:

  • DeKalb Elections main office, 4380 Memorial Drive, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Tucker Recreation Center, 4898 LaVista Road, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • The Gallery at South DeKalb Mall, 2801 Candler Road, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Visit dekalbvotes.com for more information.

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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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