Early voting opened across Georgia on Tuesday for the November 3 midterm elections, giving registered voters statewide a window that runs through Friday, October 30 to cast a ballot in person before Election Day.
During the early window, voters can show up at any advance voting location in their own county, with hours running mostly 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and adjusted schedules on weekends. A photo ID is required at check-in — a driver's license, a passport, a military ID, or any government-issued ID with a photograph is accepted.
Two races top the ballot. In the governor's race, Republican Rick Jackson faces former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for the state's top job. In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff is defending his seat against Republican Mike Collins — a contest widely seen as one of the marquee Senate battles of the cycle, with control of the chamber potentially running through Georgia.
Below them sits a full statewide slate: every U.S. House seat, lieutenant governor, attorney general and the other statewide offices, state House and Senate races, and county contests, along with local ballot questions in several counties.
Georgia's early-voting period has grown into the main event of the state's elections, with a large share of the total vote now cast before Election Day — which means the campaigns are treating the next two and a half weeks as the election itself, not a warm-up for it. Every day of the window is a chance for both parties to bank votes in a state where statewide races are routinely decided by thin margins.
Voters can check their registration status, sample ballot and assigned polling place through the Secretary of State's My Voter Page at mvp.sos.ga.gov. Anyone waiting until Election Day itself — Tuesday, November 3 — must vote at their assigned polling station.
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