PODCAST
PODCAST

How to vote by mail in Georgia’s June 9 primary election

Absentee ballot packets mailed to voters include a return envelope, a ballot, instructions and a privacy sleeve. The privacy sleeve replaced the inner envelope that in previous elections enclosed absentee ballots.
Absentee ballot packets mailed to voters include a return envelope, a ballot, instructions and a privacy sleeve. The privacy sleeve replaced the inner envelope that in previous elections enclosed absentee ballots.
By Bria Felicien
May 8, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and AJC government reporter Mark Niesse details how to vote by mail in Georgia’s upcoming primary election on June 9.

In this episode:

  • How to vote absentee or in person
  • How we got here – voting by mail and voting in June
  • Political reactions to the process – election security or voting access
  • What potential turnout could look like, based on early numbers
  • What voting by mail now could mean for the future.
  • What's on the ballot: president, Congress and the General Assembly
  • The voter registration deadline for the June 9 primary is Monday, May 11.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can also download or stream the episode above.

MORE: How to listen to AJC podcasts 

More from the Politically Georgia podcast:

About the Author

Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

Follow Bria Felicien on twitter
More Stories

Keep Reading

Workers sort absentee ballots at the Gwinnett Voter Registrations and Elections building. Under GOP lawmakers' proposal, the secretary of state would ask counties and cities to voluntarily participate in the trial of hand-marked paper ballots during the election for Public Service Commission on Nov. 4. Daniel Varnado/gor the AJC)

Credit: Daniel Varnado

Republican lawmakers push for hand-marked ballots in November election

Lawmakers overseeing Georgia's election laws called for a test-run of hand-marked paper ballots this fall, a move away from touchscreen voting.

Buddy Carter digs deeper into his fortune as he doubles down on Senate bid

Carter argued he was the only Republican who could defeat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and framed himself as a better pick for President Trump than his two main GOP rivals.

LISTEN

Rep. Buddy Carter pitches a Savannah wedding for Taylor Swift

“This is a storybook wedding, and they should have it in a storybook city," says Rep. Buddy Carter in a wide ranging interview on "Politically Georgia."

The Latest

Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce made worldwide news with their engagement announcement. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter pitched a Savannah wedding for the power couple. (Charlie Riedel/AP File)

Credit: AP

LISTEN

Rep. Buddy Carter pitches a Savannah wedding for Taylor Swift

Democrats look to hold state House seats and chip away at GOP dominance

Buddy Carter digs deeper into his fortune as he doubles down on Senate bid

Featured

A new Plane Train car is seen at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Maintenance Facility in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

The Atlanta airport Plane Train’s employees have voted to unionize

Employees who operate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's Plane Train said in a statement that their group is interested in better pay and benefits.

Georgia judge scraps FDA rule for cigarette packaging

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest rule requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising has been tossed out by a federal judge in South Georgia.

LISTEN

Rep. Buddy Carter pitches a Savannah wedding for Taylor Swift

“This is a storybook wedding, and they should have it in a storybook city," says Rep. Buddy Carter in a wide ranging interview on "Politically Georgia."