Election 2022: Home

The upcoming primary election on May 24 will decide on the Republican and Democratic candidates who will appear on the November 2022 General Election ballot.  This election will also decide local non-partisan races like Athens mayor, commissioners, and Board of Education members.  Below is some helpful information to have before casting a vote: 

• Advance Voting for the Election is still open.  This week the number of places to vote expands as well:  https://www.accgov.com/243/Advance-Voting
• The Board of Elections site has sample ballots to download for the Republican and Democratic Primaries.  Since there are so many different political races being decided it is helpful to print out the sample ballot, fill it out, and use it as a guide when you vote.  Voting will go much faster, and you won’t be caught off guard:  https://www.accgov.com/sampleballot
• Registered voters voting on Election Day (May 24) will have to go to their local poling precinct.  Look this up here:  https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
• Over 2/3 of Athens-Clarke County voters are in a new Commission district for the 2022 elections.  ACC Board of Elections has a tool for help looking up your new district:  https://www.accgov.com/10398/Voting-District-Search-Tool

• If you live in a different county, look up local Board of Elections here for similar information:  https://sos.ga.gov/elections-division-georgia-secretary-states-office

Remember that newspapers will often report on news stories, and then have separate endorsement pieces from the editorial board in the opinion section.  When doing research try to get information from a variety of sources to ensure comprehensive coverage.

• The Atlanta Press Club hosts debates.  View them on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbP2U4Y9Sx-MfWdJ93BNGw/videos
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution election news stories:  https://www.ajc.com/politics/
• Athens News Matters (from WUGA) has interviewed most of the local candidates on the show:  https://www.wuga.org/show/athens-news-matters

• The Athens Banner Herald lists its election news articles on one page: https://www.onlineathens.com/news/politics-elections/  
• The Flagpole reports on local races and candidates:  https://flagpole.com/tag/2022-election/
• Political Rewind (from GPB) covers politics in Georgia, and has spent a lot of time reporting and interviewing for the election:  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/487480863/political-rewind
• A lot of smaller regional GA newspapers have good coverage as well.  The best way to search these is to use the Libraries’ Access World News Database.  It covers a lot of Georgia newspapers, and has an easy-to-use searchable format:  http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=accw-uga1&inst=uga1

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