Early voting by mail surges ahead of Georgia 2018 election

[RandySF]

Georgia voters are rushing to get their votes in, more than a month before Election Day.

Almost twice as many absentee ballots have been mailed to Georgia election officials so far compared to the same point before midterm elections in 2014.

Election officials received 17,436 absentee ballots through Tuesday, according to numbers from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office. Four years ago, 8,819 ballots had been recorded at this point in the election cycle.

By voting early, Georgians are already starting to decide the race for governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp, along with many other contests. Election Day is Nov. 6.

Voting by mail allows voters to use paper ballots instead of relying on Georgia’s electronic voting machines, which election integrity advocates say are vulnerable to hacking.


https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/early-voting-mail-surges-ahead-georgia-2018-election/q0bhiGhDpMY8PP7p2BIvZP/?ecmp=norfu&utm_medium=social&utm_source=norfu_fb

[Hortensis]

1. Reportedly fewer voters are being purged this year compared to 2017

by GA's Republican secretary of state Brian Kemp, who oversees elections, as he runs for governor.

Notably, some of GA's online sites are still designed to confuse people about who can vote absentee. One important site clearly suggests it's only for such people as those serving overseas in the military. Rather than everyone.

Also, early voting information at other important sites lists a specific day mandated by federal law but fails to list the entire actual early voting period, including start and end dates.

Hopefully, 2018 will be the year that further big change begins.