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Early Voting For December Runoff Begins November 28

We’re less than four weeks away from the runoff that will determine the winner of the Georgia Senate race. Runoff elections in Georgia are now required by law to be…

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We're less than four weeks away from the runoff that will determine the winner of the Georgia Senate race.

Runoff elections in Georgia are now required by law to be held on the 28th day after Election Day for a General Election Primary, Special Election Primary, General Election, or Special Election.

The November 8 contest ended with a runoff needed between Republican Herschel Walker and the incumbent, Democrat Raphael Warnock, since neither got the required 50% of the vote to win outright.

Early voting for the December 6 runoff begins one week earlier, November 28, and runs through December 2.  Anyone who is registered to vote in Georgia can vote in federal, state, and local runoff elections.  You can check your voter status at mvp.sos.ga.gov.  The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming runoff election was November 7.

If you plan to vote via absentee, you must request a ballot by November 28.  If you wait to vote until December 6, you must go to your assigned precinct that day between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.