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Primary Votin'

It’s finally Election Day in Georgia! The day was twice-postponed by the global pandemic.


Mr. Jones and I completed our mail-in ballots a few weeks ago - an easy process that, quite frankly, should maybe be the norm. We sat at the dining room table, phones in hand, and Googled candidates in order to review their positions before casting our votes. After completing our ballots, we secured them in the provided “envelopes” (one of them is just a sleeve, not really an envelope) and put them in the mail. After that, we monitored the Secretary of State’s “My Voter” page (https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do) to make sure our ballots were received and approved (they were).


If you aren’t sure where to vote, you can use the same link above to check your voter registration status and to find your polling place.


If you have an absentee ballot and haven’t mailed it yet, don’t fear - you can drop it off today at a polling place or in one of the drop-boxes outside many county elections offices. 


The most important thing is … VOTE!


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