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Early Voting Begins Today, Six Sites Available in South Fulton

Early voting in Georgia for the May 24 Primary Election begins today. 30 polling sites are available in Fulton County. 

Residents will be able to vote from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily, including weekend voting on Saturdays and Sundays. Early voting will end on Friday, May 20.

During early voting, absentee ballot drop boxes will be available at seven early voting locations, including Wolf Creek Library. Drop boxes are located inside early voting locations and are only accessible during early voting hours. 

Among the high profile contests on the ballot include races for Georgia governor and U.S. senate. Gov. Brian Kemp faces Stacey Abrams again, among others. And Sen. Raphael Warnock is hard at work to hold on to his new seat.

Former South Fulton City Councilmember Mark Baker will challenge Rep. David Scott (D-13). Other candidates in the race include Caesar Gonzales, Dominika Hawkins, Calina Plotky, Shastity Driscoll and Vincent Fort.

At the state level, Sen. Donzella James (D-35) will be challenged by Lula Gilliam, Mike Glanton, Jr. and Whitney Kenner Jones. Sen. Horacena Tate(D-38) faces opposition from Melody Bray, Michael Carson and Adam Petty. Sen. Sonya Halpern (D-39) is unopposed.

Additionally, Rep. Roger Bruce (D-61) is up against challengers Robert Dawson, Rashaun Kemp and Monique McCoy. Former Rep. William Boddie (D-62) is making a bid for Commissioner of Labor and will not seek re-election. Candidates Thomas Calloway, Tanya Miller and Josh Noblitt will compete for the seat. Rep. Mandisha Thomas (D-65) and Rep. Debra Bazemore (D-69) are opposed by Jan Horne and Cobie Lyrix Brown, respectively.

In Fulton County, Board of Commissioners Chairperson Robb Pitts is up against Jewel Johnson and Sonya Russell. District 5 Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr. faces Robert H. Kelly and Andre R. Sales.

Fulton County District 6 School Board Representative Kimberly R. Dove will be challenged again by Latonya Martin Rogers.

Additional information on all of the races that will appear on the ballot is available at FultonElections.com, on the Fulton Votes app and on the My Voter page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov.

South Fulton residents wanting to cast their votes close to home can vote at the following Early Voting locations: 

Evelyn G. Lowery Library at Cascade
3665 Cascade Road, SW
South Fulton, GA 30331

Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton
4055 Float Shoals Road
Union City, GA 30291

Southwest Arts Center
915 New Hope Road, SW
Atlanta, GA 30331

South Fulton Service Center
5600 Stonewall Tell Road
College Park, GA 30349

Welcome All Recreation Center
4255 Will Lee Road
South Fulton, GA 30349

Wolf Creek Library 
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)                
3100 Enon Road, SW
South Fulton, GA 30331

A list of additional early voting locations is below:

Adams Park Library                                  
2231 Campbellton Road, SW
Atlanta, GA 30311

Alpharetta Branch Library
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)                        
10 Park Plaza
Alpharetta, GA 30009

Buckhead Library    
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)               
269 Buckhead Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

C.T. Martin Natatorium Recreation Center                 
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)              
3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30311

Chastain Park Recreation Center
140 Chastain Park Avenue 
Atlanta, GA 30342

College Park Library
3647 Main Street
College Park, GA 30337

East Point Library
2757 Main Street
East Point, GA 30344

East Roswell Branch Library 
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)                 
2301 Holcomb Bridge Road
Roswell, GA 30076

Etris-Darnell Community Recreation 
5285 Lakeside Drive
Union City, GA 30291

High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

Johns Creek Environmental Campus
8100 Holcomb Bridge Road
Alpharetta, GA 30022

Metropolitan Library                             
1332 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30310

Milton Library                                  
855 Mayfield Road
Milton, GA 30009

New Beginnings Senior Center        
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)                         
66 Brooks Drive 
Fairburn, GA 30213

Northeast Spruill Oaks Library
9560 Spruill Road
Johns Creek, GA 30022

North Fulton Service Center 
7741 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30350

Northside Library
3295 Northside Parkway, NW
Atlanta, GA 30327

Northwest Branch at Scotts Crossing      
2489 Perry Boulevard, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Palmetto Library
9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy
Palmetto, GA 30268

Park Place at Newtown
3125 Old Alabama Road
Johns Creek, GA 30022

Ponce De Leon Library
980 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

Robert F. Fulton Library at Ocee 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30005
Roswell Branch Library 115 Norcross Street
Roswell, GA 30075

Sandy Springs Library 
(ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX)                
395 Mount Vernon Hwy NE
Sandy Springs, GA 30328

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