Last Day For Absentee Ballot Requests Looms In GA

FULTON COUNTY, GA — The last day to request an absentee ballot both for the 2026 general election is nearing in Georgia.

Absentee voters have until Friday to request their ballots. The ballots need to be returned before polls close on Election Day to be counted.

The general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, this year. The seat for governor and U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff's seat are up for grabs.

Voters have several options to request absentee ballots and for returning the completed ballots, including by mail or in-person.

One of the options for requesting a ballot is to download the application from the Georgia Secretary of State's Office and email the completed and signed document to elections.absentee@fultoncountyga.gov, Fulton County officials said.

Early voting will run until Oct. 30 for the general election.

In Fulton County, absentee ballots can be taken to a dropbox at one of the following locations:

• Alpharetta Library
  10 Park Plaza
  Alpharetta, GA 30009
• Buckhead Library
  269 Buckhead Ave. NE
  Atlanta, GA 30305
• C.T. Martin Recreation Center
  3201 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW
  Atlanta, GA 30311
• East Point Library
  2757 Main St.
  East Point, GA 30344
• East Roswell Library
  2301 Holcomb Bridge Road
  Roswell, GA 30076
• Sandy Springs Library
  395 Mt. Vernon Hwy.
  Sandy Springs, GA 30328
• Wolf Creek Library
  3100 Enon Road
  South Fulton, GA 30331

Absentee ballots can also be mailed to: Fulton County Registration and Elections Absentee Ballot Division, 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road, Union City, GA 30213.

The third option is to drop the ballots off in-person at one of the following election offices:

• South Annex
  5600 Stonewell Tell Road, Room 105, College Park, GA 30349
• Fulton County Government Center
  130 Peachtree St. SW, Ste. 2186, Atlanta, GA 30303
• North Annex
  7741 Roswell Road, Room 251, Sandy Springs, GA 30350
• Elections Hub and Operations Center
  5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road, Union City, GA 30213

More information about absentee voting: Fulton County

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