Georgia primary voting rules. View election results and interactive map for the 2020 georgia primary as the united states begins the process to elect the next president. On november 3 2020 per georgia law a special general election will take place on the same. Any voter registered in georgia may vote absentee in person.
Absentee voting see also. The polls open at 7 am. However you can still vote in person during early voting periods and on election day.
Voting times and locations for your precinct can be found here. Due to the global covid 19 pandemic georgias primary election has been shifted to today june 9. Absentee in person voting begins the 4th monday before the election.
Georgia utilizes an open primary system in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that partys primary. Governor brian kemp appointed kelly loeffler to serve as isaksons replacement effective january 6 2020 until the special election. The georgia primary will be different from any previous election because of the coronavirus pandemic.
All voters are eligible to vote absentee in georgia. Absentee ballots may be requested any time between 180 days prior to the election and the end of the business day on the friday before election day. View a list of upcoming elections and registration deadlines on the secretary of states election calendar.
Many voters in the state have already voted either through early voting or voting by absentee. And close at 7 pm. The state had previously postponed its presidential primary to may 19 2020 the original date of its statewide primary.
If no one candidate receives 50 percent plus one vote in todays primary election the two top vote getters will proceed to a runoff on august 11. The 2020 united states senate special election in georgia will be held on november 3 2020 following senator johnny isaksons resignation effective december 31 2019. Georgias response to voting during the crisis more than ever secretary of state brad raffensperger encourages georgians to vote with a mail in absentee ballot.
Submit your absentee ballot application by the specified deadline.