Resource Guides: Government Information: Elections/Voting

2024 Elections

Georgia has early voting.

Official election calendar for Georgia - also lists registration deadlines (note: calendar column is labeled "advance voting")

Early voting locations and information for all counties in Georgia - from the Secretary of State website (note: labeled "advanced" voting)

"My Voter" page of the GA Secretary of State notes your polling location and also links to sample ballots (requires login)

How-to Guide: Voting
From the Georgia Secretary of State's office.
Voting and Elections Toolkit - Georgia
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From the American Library Assoc., government documents roundtable (GODORT)

PolitiFact
Can browse its Truth-o-Meter. From the Tampa Bay Times
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"PolitiFact...won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for its fact-checking of the presidential election. The Times, Florida's largest newspaper, is independently owned by the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists in St. Petersburg, Fla."
FactCheck.org
From the Univ. of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center
Georgia Voting Information
From the League of Women Voters Education Fund, Vote411.org

Election Statistics, 1920 to Present
From the Clerk of the US House of Representatives. Official vote totals for President, plus for each state -- Senate and House races. Includes up to 2022.
Historical Election Results
Electoral College statistics. From the National Archives.
American National Election Studies
Select "Data Center". ANES has info. since 1948. Free, but registration required.
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Started at the Univ. of Michigan
Voting and Registration
From the Census Bureau. Historical time series tables starting with 1964.
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Detailed information on voting and registration by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.
U.S. Election Results
Links from Univ. of Michigan. Note: for subscription databases, check the GT Library page - if listed, access from that page.

Campaign Finance Data - Filings and Reports
From the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), for federal campaigns.

Each state has a commission or dept. that reports on campaign finance.

Campaign Reports - Georgia
From the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (formerly, State Ethics Commission)
OpenSecrets
Has reports and data on campaigns.

Voting & Elections Toolkit - Georgia
Also links to regulations in other states.
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From the American Library Assoc., government documents roundtable (GODORT).
Vote by Absentee Ballot
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2 recent court rulings on deadline to return - latest info. is completed ballot has to be RECEIVED by Nov. 3rd, 7:00pm.