With poll numbers hovering below 40% and surveys suggesting he has issues communicating with Black voters, many pundits proclaimed the downfall of President Joe Biden in the run-up to Tuesday’s elections. Yet, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was reelected, the constitutional amendment protecting choice passed in Ohio and the Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin lost both chambers in the state legislature. The ‘predicted’ demise of the current president shifted to the Republican Party commiserating over their defeats.

There are 362 days remaining until the 2024 Presidential Elections and on a call with the Biden-Harris team, they are moving ahead as they promote their agenda of inclusivity, abortion rights, a thriving economy while beating back extremism from the far right.

“You see days, weeks, months of breathless predictions, how terrible things are going to be for Joe Biden followed by an election day with historic victories followed by the same ramp up at the same unrelenting negative coverage,” said Michael Tyler, communications director with the Biden campaign. “So, you think that maybe after this same cycle keeps repeating itself, we might want to actually take a look at the most significant data that we have at our disposal: which is how people are actually voting.”

Messaging around Abortion Rights

It does not matter if the state is “red” or “blue”, abortion is a winning issue. It flew in the face of many in the legacy media and political consultants believing it was a wedge issue that would divide the center and the hard left among the Democratic Party. Despite the defeat, the Republican Party continued to hammer home their beliefs.

During Wednesday night’s debate in Miami, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Tim Scott each battled for television time as each candidate supported various versions of national abortion bans. There were suggestions of federal bans at fifteen weeks, However, it was Haley that had the most nuanced view on abortion.

Haley categorized abortion as a “personal issue for every woman and every man.”

“As much as I’m pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice,” she said. 

“It’s going to take sixty Senate votes, a majority of the House and a president to sign it,” Haley said. “No Republican president can ban abortions anymore than a Democratic president can ban these state laws.”

Meanwhile, the other candidates advocated for a strict ban.

While Republicans focused on their quest to ban abortions, the Biden-Harris team cited data that says 70% of Hispanic voters, more than 80% of Black voters, and 82% of voters under the age of 30 voted to protect a woman’s right to choose in the state of Ohio. Democrats firmly believe this is an issue they can fundamentally run on and win in 2024.

In the post-Dobbs world, Virginia is the last Southern state that has abortion rights. With Virginia voters giving the State Senate and House of Delegates to Democrats, it scuttled the supposed presidential plans Governor Youngkin had, while affirming bodily autonomy for women. That is no small feat as every single race was close and the Biden-Harris campaign endorsed twenty-three state legislator candidates. 

Governor Beshear in Kentucky ran an ad which featured a teenager regarding abortion rights. She said, “This is to you, Daniel Cameron. To tell a 12-year-old girl she must have the baby of her stepfather who raped her is unthinkable.”

The Republicans’ messaging around abortion suggesting Democrats support infanticide (which is illegal), has largely fallen on deaf ears. It also shows messaging must be clear and succinct.

“And it just continues to prove our theory of the case when it comes to our eventual opponent that MAGA extremism is toxic at the ballot box and restricts Republicans’ path to 270,” said Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez.

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JONESBORO, Ga. — Mr. Willie got out of the car and made his way over to the polling station. He was picked up by a friend that had already voted and dropped off at the Jonesboro City Center around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning so he could make sure his vote was counted. Willie has a prosthetic right leg and doesn’t drive too often.

Upon leaving the polling station with his Georgia Voter sticker in hand he said, “Ya’ll are lucky, because I was fixin’ to go fishing.”

Every votes counts on an Election Day that proceeded a record number of early voters in one of Clayton County’s oldest cities, Jonesboro. Along with three city council seats, there is a run for the mayoral seat, which happens to be occupied at the moment by the city’s first Black mayor, Dr. Donya Lyn Sartor. The mayor stood shoulder to shoulder with campaign volunteers and Asjah Miller, a first-time candidate for city council and public school teacher in the county, across the street from city center Tuesday morning. Despite a record 308 early votes having been casted already, Sartor was outside since early that morning making sure voters knew there was plenty of time and opportunity to vote before the polls closed at 7 p.m.

There was a previous record 251 early votes casted last March (only 186 votes were casted on Election Day) during the emergency election for mayor that Sartor, who previously served on the city council, won. She knows an election can be swung with only a handful of votes in Jonesboro.

“We are not taking anything for granted,” Sartor said. She wore a neon green “Sartor for Mayor” t-shirt beneath her coat. “That was our plan, we wanted to get people to the polls early.”

There are three women running for mayor this time around and one of those candidates, Pat Sebo-Hand, a member of Jonesboro City Council for 13 years, was holding her own grassroots voter drive up the street from where Sartor stood. Sebo-Hand is also optimistic about the voter engagement this year.

“I think we’re going to have more more voters this time, people seem to be much more engaged politically,” Sebo-Hand said. “Our municipal elections are usually less attended.”

Arlene Charles, the third candidate for mayor, drove by both women in a pickup truck with a large red, white and blue “Arlene Charles for Mayor” sign on the bed.

Former Mayor of Jonesboro Joy Day came from her home in Canton to show support for Tracey Messick, an incumbent and one of the five other people vying for the city council seats alongside Miller, Penny Fauscett, Charles L. Forsyth, Jr, Cameron Dixon, and another incumbent Alfred Dixon.

Day waved a sign and said hello to passersby. Messick remembers Day as one of the first people to recommend that she run for city council. “Having her support touches my heart,” said Messick, also an educator. “It means a lot to me and means a lot that she came down for this.”

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Election Day is just a few days away on Tuesday, Nov. 7 and in metro Atlanta there are a number of counties, particularly Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton, where a number of key positions are up for grabs. From city council seats to mayoral races, Election Day 2023 will go a long way to shaping how the out boroughs of Georgia’s capital city is run.

To better prepare voters in those three counties, The Atlanta Voice will highlight some of the key races and offer links to each of the sample ballots for convenience. The links will be in blue and will be in the county headers.

Clayton County 

College Park and Morrow, respectively, have mayoral seats on the ballots. In the case of both cities there are incumbents, Mayor Motley Broom, running against four challengers Spiceda Jackson, Pamela Stoner-Gay, Demetris Taylor and James Walker in College Park and Morrow Mayor John Lampl is running against a single challenger Van Tran. 

The only city council seat on the College Park ballot is for Ward 3. Incumbent councilman Ken Allen is running against Tracie Arnold. 

In Morrow there are two city council seats on the ballot, but city council Post 2 is a one man race for Hue Nguyen. For Post 4 incumbent Khoa Vuong is up against Tracy Y. Talbert and Oscar Lanza Menjivar. 

DeKalb County

Board of Education seats for Districts 1, 3, 7 and 9 are on the ballot. Avondale Estates Mayor Jonathan Elmore’s position as the city’s top executive is on the ballot as well, but there isn’t anyone running against him. Brookhaven’s citizens will be looking to elect a new mayor this year. The candidates, Mark Douglas Frost, Lauren Kiefer, Hillerie Lind and H.J. “John”  Park is looking to fill that seat. 

Chamblee voters will elect city council members for Districts 2, 3 and 4.

Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake and Stonecrest will elect mayors on Election Day as well. 

In Tucker there are three city council seats on the ballot for District 1, Post 2, District 2, Post 2 and District 3, Post 2

Fulton County

The Largest county in the state, Fulton County voters will have a full ballot to look over on Election Day. 

There is the business of electing mayors in College Park, Hapeville, and Mountain Park, a city of 579 residents in the northwest corner of the county. 

City of Atlanta voters will elect five people to its Board of Education in Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 (at-large) and 8 (at-large). 

City council seats are up for grabs in a trio of cities in Fulton County. In East Point, Roswell and South Fulton city council seats in Wards A,B,C and D are the electoral ballot in East Point; seats in Posts 1, 2, 3 and 4 (special election to fill an unexpired term that ends in December 2025) are on the ballot in Roswell; Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 are on the ballot in South Fulton.

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Jonesboro, Ga.- The special election for Clayton County Sheriff takes place Tues., March 21. On another Tuesday evening a few months before election day a candidate forum took place inside Tabernacle of Praise Church International on Tara Boulevard. 

A long table was on a stage inside the church sanctuary with a large video monitor advertising that night’s sheriff’s forum. The evening’s moderator, Attania Jean-Funny made it clear that “all candidates were invited this evening.” 

All five candidates – interim Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen, Dwyane Fabian, Terry Evans, Clarence Cox and Chris Storey –  were invited to Tuesday’s forum, which was co-sponsored by a number of local political organizations, including the Clayton County Democratic Party and Clayton County Republican Party. 

Allen did not attend the forum. Allen was sworn in as interim sheriff a few days before last Christmas. 

Who are the candidates?

Chris Storey was the first to take his seat inside of the sanctuary of the church. He has lived in Clayton County for 33 years and has decades of experience in law enforcement within the county. “One of the things I want you to know about me is that I’m very passionate about my job.” 

Cox worked under former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill and the three sheriffs before him. He was the first chief of the Clayton County School Police department.

Fabian, a retired Georgia State Trooper, referred to himself as “Your law and order candidate.” 

Evans, a former United States Marine, has nearly 30 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, jailer and corrections officer.

Show and tell

During the first few minutes of the forum there was a video of a WSB-TV report from a few days ago on a Clayton County jail inmate’s death. The video was approximately four minutes long and had all eyes, including the candidates, staring at the screen. 

The first question from the panelist is how the candidates would try to make the jail safer for inmates? “One of the problems that we have right now is that we’re taking personnel out of the jail,” said Cox. “When I’m your sheriff I‘m going to make sure the jail is manned and safe for your family and loved ones when they come to the jail.” 

Evans added,” You need a mental health staff, they have to be trained and if you do it the right way that kind of stuff won’t go on.”

All four candidates agreed that the jail needs to be fully staffed. Fabian took it a step further  and said he would do a full sweep of the jail for foreign objects. “We can sweep the jail clean and then we can handle it from there,” he said.

Why you and not them?

The candidates were asked what distinguishes them from their fellow candidates. Cox said he was the only candidate that has been charged with creating and managing a budget. “And I created an agency from the ground up,” he said. 

Fabian added, “I have seen the ins and outs of all jail operations. We all have the same compassion, but my having the experience of working in other countries sets me apart.”

My name is my name

A roar of applause came from the crowd when a panelist from the Clayton County Republican Party asked if the candidates care about having their names on the sheriff’s department vehicles. 

“Those vehicles belong to you,” said Evans. “What do I look like writing my name on y’all stuff.”

“Why waste taxpayers’ dollars to put a name on the car to see who you are. The car needs to say Clayton County and Clayton County only.”

Transparency

“Right now we don’t have a lot of transparency within the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office,” said Story. He said he would reinstitute the department’s public information officer in order for the public to get concerns directly to the sheriff.

“I would establish a citizen’s review board,” countered Fabian who said he would use the board to make a recommendation that he would then make a decision to suspend or terminate an officer. “That’s transparency,” he said.

And a child shall lead them

The Teens 4Justice and Youth4Change organizations were represented by Brianna Howard, a 10-year-old girl. Her question, the last in the first round of questioning, was simple and got directly to the point of the night’s forum. “Why do you want to be sheriff?,” she asked.

“Let me start out by saying it’s time to move forward and not backward,” said Evans. “I know I can do what needs to be done.”

“I want to be sheriff because I am a man of deep faith,” said Storey, who is married with three daughters. “I believe it’s more of a calling than a job. I want to make Clayton County right.”

Other topics of discussion included putting a stop to the schools to prison pipeline (another question from Howard), reducing domestic violence crimes, job training for inmates while they are incarcerated, mental health counseling for inmates and also making counseling available for corrections officers and sheriff’s deputies.

On domestic violence, Storey, who worked with the county’s stalking unit said, “We need to make sure we have resources for the victims and one of the things I’m going to do is develop a family center so we can put all of the resources in one building.” Storey shared a story about his younger sister being a victim of domestic violence during her marriage. He admitted that she did not share her situation with him because of what he did for a living.

In reference to the school to prison pipeline all four candidates agreed that a hands on model is best. “As law enforcement we have to let them know we are not the enemy,” said Evans. 

“We have to really find a way to reach them and we really have to get the parents back to parenting,” said Cox on reaching kids. “We have to get back to the basics.”

What’s next 

There will be other candidate forums scheduled to take place, according to Jean-Funny.

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The Atlanta Voice sits down with Planned Parenthood Action Fund CEO Alexis McGill Johnson. Johnson was appointed as President and CEO of Planned Parenthood in June 2020. Johnson is in Atlanta stumping for incumbent Raphael Warnock in advance of today’s runoff. She is the second Black president in the history of the organization after the 14-year tenure of Faye Wattleton from 1978-1992. 

Planned Parenthood is one of the largest providers of women’s healthcare in America and a recent 6-week abortion ban signed into law by Governor Kemp and supported by US Senator Warnock’s challenger, Herschel Walker is the impetus for the campaigning. 

Atlanta Voice: Just for the record, what’s your name?

Alexis McGill Johnson: Alexis McGill Johnson and I’m president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

AV: What are you doing here in Atlanta today?

AMJ: I am here to ensure that people understand that freedom is on the ballot right now, and democracy is on the ballot. And while Georgians voted very clearly, on November 8, is critically important for them to show up again today, to reinforce their vote for Senator Warnock.

AV: What do you want to say to people who feel like the election has already been decided?

AMJ: I think that’s a function of voter suppression. The fact that Georgia is in a runoff race that is compressed into a week, is going to impact the ability of people to turn out. But what I’ve seen and consistently heard here from voters across the state is that they are continuing to show up and show out because they understand how important it is to send Rev. Warnock back to the Senate.

AV: What does Planned Parenthood do now in a state like Georgia, which is going in the opposite direction of reproductive freedom?

AMJ: Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood-affiliated health centers are still providing health care. And will be providing all the forms of health care that they can still legally provide.

But the impact that it [not being able to provide abortion care in Georgia] is having on our patients is tremendous. Would-be patients have to travel outside of Georgia in order to get access to abortion care. Georgia is a state where only half of the counties have an OBGYN provider, it is a state where it has the second-highest maternal mortality rate in the country. It is also a state that has actively stated that it won’t expand access to Medicaid for most people. And so, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is to help educate Georgians about what is happening with their reproductive health care in this state. And we hope they factor that in when they go to the polls today. 

AV: What do you say to black voters who maybe aren’t really sure where they fall on this issue?

AMJ: I would say to black voters who maybe aren’t really sure where they should fit on this issue is that our bodies are on the line. Our bodies have always been on the line in this country. When a state tells you that you don’t own your body–when a state tells you that they are concerned about you crossing state lines to get access to care…or don’t wants to give you the basic information of what it takes to actually get the access to care. That means they are trying to control you. 

That means that they are trying to build power and control your body. And so black people we understand that we understand that from the time we stepped on the on this soil. And I’m pretty sure that black women in this state get that very clearly. 

AV: And speaking of black women, in particular, Georgia has a very high percentage voting in this election. So what do you think are the biggest issues for Black women?

AMJ: Black women have been one of the biggest constituencies voting. In Georgia, they have been the ones saving democracy. They’ve been the ones organizing, and doing critical work. It’s freedom, it’s reproductive freedom, it’s democracy, those are the things that we understand are inextricably linked. When they come for your ability to control your own body, that is a descent into authoritarianism. That’s a descent into tyranny. That’s taking us back not just 50 years, but 250 years and black women understand that I believe innately.

AV: What can people expect from your tenure as leader of Planned Parenthood

AMJ: I have been very committed to making sure that equity is at the center of everything that we do as an organization. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, we have put aside a $50 million initiative on black women’s health. The Black Woman’s Health Equity Initiative where we’ll be investing in states, all throughout the South where access to abortion care has been banned or will be banned. We’ll be doubling down on access to contraception, birth control, and other forms of health care to ensure that we are, you know, there with our patients no matter what.

AV: Okay, on behalf of The Atlanta Voice, thank you for taking time out today to speak with us.

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A small, young voice shouted over the din of the large crowd inside Pullman Yards. “We have the power,” it said. Four-year-old Kiran (pronounced like the biblical text Quran) got the attention of the main speaker, who was on stage in metro Atlanta for the second time in less than six weeks. “Hello Atlanta, I’m back. I am back,” said former President of the United States Barack Obama.

The reason Obama was back in Georgia was to attempt to get one of the candidates he stumped for last month (the other was Stacey Abrams) into office. Hearing Kiran’s message of the power of the vote, Obama said, “This young man is getting straight A’s in this class,” and added the popular biblical axiom (Psalms 8:2), “From the mouth of babes.”

Obama had spoken to voters a week before the midterm election at Gateway Center Arena in College Park and now he was back, this time in Kirkwood, talking to voters again. The message was a bit different however, this time he wanted voters to maintain the momentum from yet another record-setting early voting turnout.

Georgia has seen more than 1 million voters take advantage of a second early voting opportunity as of Wednesday, according to data provided by the Secretary of State’s Office. “You know it feels like we just did this,” Obama said.

The former president, who was brought out onto the stage by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), said the massive turnout -there were more than 300,000 ballots cast on Monday and Tuesday, November 28 and 29, according to Secretary of State’s Office data- was something to be very proud of.

That said, he doesn’t want the people that haven’t voted to take that as a sign enough votes had been cast. “We can’t get complacent, we have to run through the tape,” he said.

Obama continued, “Change doesn’t happen in one election, it doesn’t happen in two, three, four elections. Change only happens when you keep working hard to make [it] happen.”

Any complacency about the Democratic Party already securing the seats it needs for control of the United States Senate was another thing Obama put into better perspective for the crowd. “What’s the difference between 50 and 51?,” he asked the crowd rhetorically. “The answer is a lot. 51 is better that 50 because that means Reverend Warnock will keep representing you in the senate.”

Warnock echoed Obama’s sentiments. “I’m inspired by this strong early vote turnout but I don’t want us to be lulled to sleep,” he said.

“If you vote not only will we re-elect Raphael Warnock, not only will we keep Georgia and America on a path for a better future, but we’ll set the tone for the future for this four-year-old right there,” Obama said of Kiran.

Early voting for the runoff ends Friday, December 2.

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Jonesboro, Ga. – The line outside of the Clayton County Board of Elections & Registration Office began to grow just after 11 a.m. Sunday morning. The office would not open till noon but voters, some of whom began waiting just after 10 a.m., were not budging.

The first day early voting was made available in Clayton County saw hundreds flock downtown to vote. The early voting period will continue through this week till Friday, December 2. Just over 55,000 Clayton County voters turned in ballots during the early voting period prior to the midterm general election. A large number of Clayton County residents that did vote (only 47% of registered voters participated) chose to vote early with more than half of the 84,193 votes cast being before Election Day, November 8, 2022. 

According to the Secretary of State’s Office 3,393 votes were cast Sunday. The count is the fourth most votes cast among counties Sunday after DeKalb (21,514), Fulton (20,296) and Gwinnett (15,633).

One of six Sunday early voting locations, the elections & registration office would see a steady stream of registered voters walk through the doors for the entirety of the five hour early voting period Sunday. 

Sample ballots and lists of other early voting locations were being distributed to waiting voters. Poll workers even suggested voters that did not want to wait on the long line could go to 

The other locations for Sunday and early voting for the rest of the week are:

Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center in Rex, Forest Park Senior Center, Virginia B. Gray Recreation Center in Riverdale, South Clayton Recreation Center in Hampton and the Morrow City Hall.

Strong turnout throughout metro Atlanta

There have been nearly 80,000 votes cast since the early voting period began Saturday. Depending on the county, early voting has seen strong turnouts in the state’s largest counties and voter bases.

More than 21,000 votes have been cast in Fulton County, while 15,000-plus and 11,000-plus have been cast in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, respectively, according to data from the Secretary of State’s Office. Douglas County had 6,388 and Cobb saw 5,931 votes during the early period. 

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock won Clayton County during the general election. 

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Not all voting locations have drop boxes and they are now located inside of the designated Advance Voting Location. Drop boxes are only available during Advanced Voting hours and days. They are not available 24 hours and 7 days a week (Asterisk* Indicates Absentee Ballot Drop Box Locations)

Alpharetta Library*
10 Park Plaza
Alpharetta, GA 30009

Buckhead Library*
269 Buckhead Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

C.T. Martin Recreation Center*
3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30311

Chastain Park Recreation Center
140 Chastain Park Avenue NW
Atlanta, GA 30342

Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex*
6500 Vernon Wood Drive
Sandy Springs, GA 30328

East Point Library
2757 Main Street
East Point, GA 30344

East Roswell Library*
2301 Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, GA 30076

Etris-Darnell Community Recreation Center
5285 Lakeside Drive
Union City, GA 30291

Fulton County Government Center
130 Peachtree Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton*
4055 Float Shoals Road
Union City, GA 30291

Metropolitan Library
1332 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30310

Milton Library
855 Mayfield Road
Milton, GA 30009

Northeast Spruill Oaks Library
9560 Spruill Road
Johns Creek, GA 30022

North Fulton Service Center
7741 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30350

Northside Library
3295 Northside Parkway, NW
Atlanta, GA 30327

Northwest Library at Scotts Crossing
2489 Perry Boulevard, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Palmetto Library
9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy
Palmetto, GA 30268

Ponce De Leon Library
980 Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

Robert F. Fulton Library at Ocee
5090 Abbotts Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30005

Roswell Library
115 Norcross Street
Roswell, GA 30075

South Fulton Service Center
5600 Stonewall Tell Road
South Fulton, GA 30349

Southwest Arts Center
915 New Hope Road, SW
Atlanta, GA 30331

Welcome All Recreation Center
4255 Will Lee Road
College Park, GA 30349

Wolf Creek Library*
3100 Enon Road, SW
Atlanta, GA 30331

OUTREACH LOCATIONS:

Georgia Tech
Ferst Center
November 28, 29 and 30
349 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Morehouse College
Archer Hall
November 28, 29 and 30
876 Atlanta Student Movement Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30314
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Georgia State University
Veterans Memorial Hall located inside of Dahlberg Hall
November 28 and 29
30 Courtland Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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What to bring with you for in-person voting:

• A valid ID, such as a driver’s license, passport, or voter identification card
• A mask to help ensure your safety and the safety of the poll workers and voters around you.
• Chair, water, and snacks if the location has a long wait line
• Your absentee ballot if you are wanting to vote in-person instead. If you do not have your absentee ballot, you will need to sign an affidavit stating that you are instead casting your ballot in-person.

Early Voting Schedule

Wednesday, November 23, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Advance voting at Memorial Drive location ONLY
Saturday, November 26, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Advance voting at Dunwoody Library, Memorial Drive, and South DeKalb Mall
Sunday, November 27, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Advance voting at all locations
Monday, November 28 – Friday, December 2, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Advance voting at all locations

Advance Voting Locations

Berean Christian Church
2201 Young Road
Stone Mountain, Ga 30088

Dekalb Voter Registration & Elections Office **
4380 Memorial Drive Ste. 300
Decatur, Ga 30032

Bessie Branham Recreation Center
2051 Delano Drive Ne
Atlanta, Ga 30317

North Dekalb Senior Center
3393 Malone Dr
Chamblee, Ga 30341

Briarwood Recreation **
2235 Briarwood Way Ne
Atlanta, Ga 30329

Gallery At South Dekalb (S. Dekalb Mall) **
2845 Candler Rd
Decatur, Ga 30034

Stonecrest-Former Sam’s Club **
2994 Turner Hill Rd
Stonecrest, Ga 30038

County Line-Ellenwood Library
4331 River Road
Ellenwood, GA 30294

Salem-Panola Library
5137 Salem Road
Stonecrest, GA 30038

Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library **
5234 Lavista Road
Tucker, Ga 30084

Dunwoody Library **
5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Dunwoody, Ga 30338

Wesley Chapel Library
2861 Wesley Chapel Road
Decatur, Ga 30034

Emory University
1599 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Ga 30322

Wade Walker YMCA
5605 Rockbridge Rd SW
Stone Mountain, GA 30088

Beulah Missionary Baptist Church
2340 Clifton Springs Road
Decatur, Ga. 30034

Clarkston Library
951 N Indian Creek
Clarkston, Ga. 30021

** Indicates a drop box is available during advance voting hours

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Not all voting locations have drop boxes and they are now located inside of the designated Advance Voting Location. Drop boxes are only available during Advanced Voting hours and days. They are not available 24 hours and 7 days a week.

📍 Forest Park Senior Center
5087 Park Avenue
FOREST PARK, GA 30297

📍 Clayton County Board of Elections and Registration Office
121 SOUTH MCDONOUGH STREET
JONESBORO, GA 30236

📍 Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center
3499 Rex Road
REX, GA 30273

📍 Morrow City Hall
1500 MORROW ROAD
MORROW, GA 30260

📍 South Clayton Recreation Center
1837 MCDONOUGH Rd
HAMPTON, GA 30228

📍 Virginia Burton Gray Recreation Center
1475 EAST FAYETTEVILLE RD
RIVERDALE, GA 30274

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