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Polling places stay open until 8 p.m. in Atlanta, Fulton County Dec. 5

Polls will stay open until 8 p.m. Dec. 5 in Atlanta and Fulton County. AJC FILE PHOTO
Polls will stay open until 8 p.m. Dec. 5 in Atlanta and Fulton County. AJC FILE PHOTO
By Arielle Kass
Nov 28, 2017

When voters go to cast their ballots next week, most polls in metro Atlanta will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the Dec. 5 runoff.

In Fulton County and the city of Atlanta, though, voters will have an extra hour. Polls will not close there until 8 p.m. That includes the portions of Atlanta that are in DeKalb County.

State law requires Atlanta polling places to stay open until 8 p.m. during city elections.

Richard Barron, Fulton's director of registration and elections, asked a judge to keep all polling places in the county open until 8 p.m. In addition to the Atlanta mayor and city council races, voters across Fulton County will be electing a new commission chair. There are also runoffs for county commission, mayor and city council throughout Fulton.

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About the Author

Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.

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