Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry spoke out for expanded early voting hours, locations
Early voting: March 2-20, 2020
By Jonathan Grant
@Brambleman
The DeKalb County Board of Elections stepped up its game for the presidential primary and sheriff’s election, unanimously approving on Thursday a staff plan to open 12 early voting sites across the county, many of them with expanded hours. (DeKalb operates two polling locations at its main office, with one set up for voters with disabilities.)
Several polling locations will be open on two Saturdsays, March 7 and 17 and one Sunday, March 15. The big change from the past is keeping three polling locations–main office and Dunwoody Library, and South DeKalb Mall–will have extended hours of operation until 8 pm. The Board’s action drew applause from the crowd—not a thing that happens often.
This year, the Board added a new early voting site, House of Hope Church in South DeKalb, which may help alleviate the long lines and wait times at South DeKalb Mall, where the poll opens later than other locations, at 9 a.m. due to mall hours.
Any DeKalb voter can vote at any of the early voting locations during the advanced voting period. For updates and other information, visit the Board of Election website or follow @DeKalbVotes on Twitter. An new website is scheduled to come online in early March.
Three early voting locations will be open for three weeks, from March 2 through March 20.
Scroll down to view a sample ballot for the presidential primary and the nine-personsheriff’s race.
Three-week early voting: March 2 – March 20 (Saturday and Sunday voting)
Central DeKalb
Registration and Elections Office
4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30032-1239
Mondays-Fridays March 2-13: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday March 7 and 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 — Noon – 4 pm.
Monday Friday March 16 – March 20: 7 a.m.- 8 p.m. (extended hours)
South DeKalb
The Gallery at South DeKalb (South DeKalb Mall)
2801 Candler Road
Decatur GA 30034
Mondays-Fridays March 2-13: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m.
Saturday March 7 and 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 — Noon-4 pm.
Monday Friday March 16 – March 20: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. (extended hours)
North DeKalb
Dunwoody Library
5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd,
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Mondays-Fridays March 2-13: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday March 7 and 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 — Noon – 4 pm.
Monday Friday March 16 – March 20: 7 a.m.- 8 p.m. (extended hours)
Two Week Early Voting March 9 – March 20 (Saturday Voting)
Tucker Library
4898 LaVista Road
Tucker GA 30084
Mondays-Fridays March 9-20: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday March 7, March 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Stonecrest Library
3123 Klondike Road
Lithonia GA 30038
Mondays-Fridays: March 9-20: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Saturday March 7, March 14: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
One-Week Early Voting (March 16-20):
Atlanta/DeKalb
Bessie Branham Recreation Recration Center
2051 Delano Drive
Atlanta, GA 30317
Poll hours: Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Brookhaven
Briarwood Recreation Center
2235 Briarwood Way NE
Broohaven, GA 30319
Poll hours: Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Chambleee
North DeKalb Senior Center
3393 Malone Drive
Chamblee, GA 30341
Poll hours: Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Decatur
First Baptist Church
308 Clairmont Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
East DeKalb
Berean Christian Church Community Center
2440 Young Rd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30088
Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
South DeKalb
House of Hope Atlanta
4650 Flat Shoals Parkway
Decatur GA 30034
Monday-Friday March 16-20 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Sample Ballot
2020 PPP&SE Sample Ballot
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