Ga. voters can get ballots online for runoff

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Ga. voters can get ballots online for runoff
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 21, 2008 12:58:01 EST

For the estimated 173,000 military and overseas voters eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the Dec. 2 Senate runoff election in Georgia, the Overseas Vote Foundation has developed a customized version of their upgraded online Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot.

Their Web site now allows voters to access the ballot online, guides them through the Georgia state-specific questions, and presents them with the runoff candidate list — Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat James Martin. It is not online voting; voters still must print out the ballot and mail it.

OVF’s process also provides voters with complete instructions, the postal mailing address and contact information for their election official.

For those covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, ballots must be received by the election office by Friday, Dec. 5, said Matt Carrothers, spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State. They must be postmarked by Dec. 2.

“This is a race of razor-thin margins that may be determined by the turnout of overseas and military voters,” said Susan Deieduszycka-Suinat, president and chief executive officer of the foundation, in an announcement about the feature. “Voters must act now to get their ballots back in time.”


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