Early voting to resume

Absentee ballots popular ahead of in-person voting for primaries and city elections

  • White County Chief Voter Registrar Lisa Manning said almost 1,500 absentee ballots had been completed and returned by voters as of May 11. She is shown sanitizing some of them as part of the office’s COVID-19 precautions. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)
    White County Chief Voter Registrar Lisa Manning said almost 1,500 absentee ballots had been completed and returned by voters as of May 11. She is shown sanitizing some of them as part of the office’s COVID-19 precautions. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)
  • Voters will be using Georgia’s new touch-screen voting machines that create a paper ballot with selections.
    Voters will be using Georgia’s new touch-screen voting machines that create a paper ballot with selections.

    Early in-person voting is set to start next week, but election officials have already been busy with absentee ballot activity.

    White County Chief Registrar Lisa Manning said that 5,867 absentee ballots…