ATLANTA — The Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office says you can cancel the absentee ballot by appearing in-person before the registrar. You can find your voting location here.
“If you have not received an absentee ballot, or if you have returned the absentee ballot, but the registrar has not received it, you may cancel the absentee ballot by making a written request to have the ballot marked ‘cancelled.’ The managers of your precinct shall permit you to vote in person. Canceled absentee ballots are handled in the same manner as those returned too late to be counted,” according to the Secretary of State’s Absentee Guide.
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If you have an absentee ballot but have not returned it to a drop box, you have until 7 p.m. on Election Day to make it count. Each county has a minimum of one drop box, located indoors and available to voters only during operating hours.
This is how the Georgia Secretary of State says your absentee ballot will be processed:
“Once the information on the oath envelope is verified, the registrar will compare your absentee ballot oath envelope to your voter registration card to verify your signature, as well as compare your signature on the ballot envelope with your signature on the absentee application. On Election Day, the ballot and the envelope are separated to ensure confidentiality of the ballot. This process, and the processing and counting of absentee ballots shall be open to the public. If the absentee ballot is challenged, and that challenge is upheld, the ballot remains in the envelope, is not counted, and the reason is indicated on the envelope.”
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