Early voting in Georgia starts today, Tuesday, October 13, and Atlanta’s setting the pace. Voters can cast their ballots early through October 30, ahead of Election Day on November 3. Community leaders are gathering at the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center to launch Overload the Polls, a statewide push to get every eligible Georgian to vote early and bring their families, friends and neighbors with them.
This isn’t just another election. Georgians are choosing a U.S. senator and a new governor, and those two races alone will shape the state’s direction on jobs, health care, education and opportunity for years to come. Down the ballot, local races decide who sets school budgets, who funds roads and who answers the call when a community needs help. Every one of those seats gets decided by the people who show up.
That’s why Atlanta’s leaders aren’t waiting until November.
A Who’s Who of Civic Leadership
The Overload the Polls launch brings together some of Georgia‘s most respected voices in civic engagement. Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who led the city through a defining era of growth, is lending her voice to the call. Melanie L. Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, has spent decades building voter participation across the country…