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AJC on Facebook: What you need to know to vote absentee in Georgia

By Mark Niesse
Sept 25, 2020

More Georgians than ever before are voting on absentee ballots in this fall’s election.

The rise of absentee voting introduces questions about how those ballots will be counted and kept secure. There are already over 1.2 million voters who have requested absentee ballots, a number that’s rising by about 25,000 a day.

From drop boxes to shifting deadlines, the AJC will host a discussion about absentee voting in Georgia on Facebook Live at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Join the conversation on the AJC’s Facebook page and YouTube account on Thursday. You’re invited to ask questions as we prepare for this important election.

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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