Georgia will hold a runoff election for the following federal and statewide offices on December 2, 2008.
United States Senate Candidates:
Public Service Commission Candidates, District 4- Northern:
Appeals Court Judge Candidates:
REQUESTING YOUR BALLOT:
If you are registered to vote in Georgia but did not request a ballot for the November 4, 2008 general election, you may still vote in this runoff election. You may download the application and submit it to your county registrar via mail, email (as an attachment), or fax. You must have an absentee ballot request on file at the county registrar's office prior to your ballot being counted. To request an absentee ballot, submit a completed Federal Post Card Application (Standard Form 76, FPCA), available with instructions at: www.fvap.gov/uniformed-service-members/request-registration-absentee-ballot/states/ga/index.html or from your unit Voting Assistance Officer (VAO), embassy, or consulate.
RECEIVING YOUR BALLOT:
Georgia offers military and overseas voters the Statewide Write-In Absentee Ballot (SWAB) to use in the event of a runoff election involving federal and statewide offices. Voters who received an absentee ballot for the general election also received a SWAB, including all necessary envelopes and instructions. This ballot should be completed and sent back to the county registrar as soon as possible to meet important deadlines. The SWAB and instructions can also be obtained at the Georgia Secretary of State’s website: www.sos.georgia.gov/elections/uocava.
If you received a ballot for the November 4, 2008 general election, your county registrar will mail you an absentee ballot containing all federal, state, and local runoff races for which you are eligible to vote. It is highly recommended that the SWAB be returned to the county registrar immediately, in case there is a delay receiving the general absentee ballot. If the county registrar receives both the absentee ballot and the SWAB by the deadline, the registrar will count the absentee ballot and not the SWAB.
Additionally, uniformed service members, their family members, and overseas citizens may use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (Standard Form 186, FWAB) to vote in this runoff election for only the U.S. Senate race. You can get the FWAB from your unit VAO, embassy or consulate. The online version of the FWAB and Georgia FWAB instructions are available at: www.fvap.gov/uniformed-service-members/fed-write-in-absentee-ballot/states/ga/index.html.
RETURNING YOUR BALLOT:
All ballots must be returned by mail, postmarked by December 2, 2008 and received no later than December 5, 2008.
VAOs should contact any Georgia voters they assist, inform them of this election, and provide help returning the absentee ballot. Citizens should vote and return ballots immediately upon receipt.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For more information on candidates, elections, and voting, go to the Georgia Secretary of State website: sos.georgia.gov/elections/default.htm.
Questions may be referred to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155 or: vote@fvap.ncr.gov. Visit the FVAP website at www.fvap.gov.
Last updated: 11.14.2008