North Fulton voters can vote early, avoid lines

Fulton County is expecting a heavy voter turnout estimated to be 80 percent to 90 percent of the electorate. Fulton Voter Education Manager Mark Henderson says means for those who wait until Tuesday, Nov. 4 to vote should be ready for the possibility of long lines at their precincts.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

Voters can avoid the hassles of Election Day lines by taking advantage of one of several options to vote ahead of time. The state has a plan called early voting. It is the same as absentee voting.

Here's how it works:

EARLY VOTING - Through Oct. 24. This allows voters to come in any convenient business day and vote at one of a few designated places in the county.

In North Fulton the nearest poling place is:

North Service Center, Suite 209


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7741 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs

Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

404-730-7072

Fill out the application at the location and present one of the permitted forms of photo ID which include a valid Georgia driver's license, Georgia ID, a city, county or state employee ID or passport. You will then vote on the machine.

VOTE BY MAIL - Just fill out the absentee application. Then, mail it or drop it off to your county registrar's office. To go the Secretary of State's Web site to download a form go to: http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/elections/voter_information/absentee.htm

You may also go to the county registrar's office to get a ballot request. Mail-in ballots must be received by your county registrar no later than close of the polls on Election Day. Georgia law prohibits anyone other than the voter from personal delivery of a voted mail-in ballot.

ADVANCE VOTE WEEK - Mon., Oct. 27, thru Friday, Oct, 31. Fulton will have multiple voting centers and even extended hours. A photo ID is required to vote in person. Voting hours in this week are 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Those sites in North Fulton in addition to the North Fulton Service Center are:

• NE Spruill Oaks Regional Library

(Spruill Road @ Old Ala. Rd.)

9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek

• Hembree Park, Roswell

Hembree Road @ Elkins Road

ELECTION DAY is Tuesday, November 4, and the polls open at 7 a.m. On Election Day, you must vote at your assigned precinct and present a photo ID.

According to Henderson, some 20,000 voters have already cast their ballots and Fulton County has received 26,700 requests for absentee ballots.
- www.northfulton.com

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