Thousands participated in early voting in DeKalb
Nearly 7,000 DeKalb County voters had cast ballots before Friday, the last day of early voting until Tuesday’s runoff elections.
Turnout numbers show that more people have voted each day leading up to the election, with nearly 700 people making their choices for elected office on Thursday.
The election includes races for the state schools superintendent, DeKalb sheriff, DeKalb school board and the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
Early voting was made available through 5 p.m. on Friday at the Voter Registration and Elections Office at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur.
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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.
