Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock (above, right) prepares to cast his vote at a DeKalb County polling station. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta VoiceThe polling places located across the state of Georgia were busy during the first week of the early voting period. Ranging from Oct. 15 to Nov. 1, the early voting period in Georgia saw a record number of participants during the first day in 2020 (136,000 votes cast), but that record was broken and more than doubled in 2024 with more than 300,000 votes cast on the first day. As of Sunday, Oct. 20, more than 1.3 million Georgians voted early. Knowing where your local polling place is and what you need to properly vote early or on Election Day, November 5, is important to the process of a fair election. Fulton County, Georgia’s largest county, has the majority of the state’s 2,300-plus polling places. A polling station in Savannah. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceThe importance of easily accessible polling places has had an immediate impact on the current presidential election and local down ballot elections. As of Sunday, 160,676 ballots were cast in Fulton County, according to data provided by the Secretary of State’s online election data hub. The often-used phrase “know before you go” is going to be important in Georgia heading into the second week of the early voting period. In Dekalb County, the fourth largest county in Georgia, 98,006 voters cast ballots during the first week of the early voting period. Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock cast his vote at a polling place on the campus of a local church where the nearest polling station was once inside the Gallery at South DeKalb mall before closing. The once popular polling place inside the metro Atlanta shopping mall recently closed, and thus the need for a new local polling place inside the auditorium at New Life Church. In a county Like Dekalb County where there are 509,896 registered voters, knowing where the polling places are is crucial. A polling station in Decatur, Georgia. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceDeKalb County polling places:Berean Christian Church2201 Young RoadStone Mountain, GA 30088Bessie Branham Recreation Center2051 Delano Drive, NEAtlanta, GA 30317Beulah Missionary Baptist Church2340 Clifton Springs RoadDecatur, GA 30034Briarwood Recreation Center*2235 Briarwood Way, NEBrookhaven, GA 30319Clarkston Library951 N. Indian Creek DriveClarkston, GA 30021County Line-Ellenwood Library4331 River RoadEllenwood, GA 30294DeKalb Voter Registration & Elections Office4380 Memorial DriveDecatur, GA 30032Dunwoody Library*5339 Chamblee Dunwoody RoadDunwoody, GA 30338Emory University1599 Clifton RoadAtlanta, GA 30322Greater Piney Grove Church1879 Glenwood Avenue, SEAtlanta, GA 30316Hairston Crossing Library4911 Redan RoadStone Mountain, GA 30088Lynwood Recreation Center3360 Osborne Road, NEAtlanta, GA 30319Neighborhood Church1561 McLendon Avenue, NEAtlanta, GA 30307New Bethel AMEC8350 Rockbridge Road, SWLithonia, GA 30058New Life Community Alliance*3592 Flat Shoals RoadDecatur, GA 30034North DeKalb Senior Center3393 Malone DriveChamblee, GA 30341Salem-Panola Library5137 Salem RoadLithonia, GA 30038Stonecrest (former Sam’s Club) *2994 Turner Hill RoadLithonia, GA 30038Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library*5234 Lavista RoadTucker, GA 30084Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library2861 Wesley Chapel RoadDecatur, GA 30034Fulton County polling places:Adams Park Library2231 Campbellton Road SWAtlanta, GA 30311Alpharetta Library*10 Park PlazaAlpharetta, GA 30009Buckhead Library*269 Buckhead Avenue NEAtlanta, GA 30305C.T. Martin Recreation Center*3201 M.L.K. Jr Drive SWAtlanta, GA 30311Chastain Park Recreation Center140 Chastain Park Avenue NWAtlanta, GA 30342East Point First Mallalieu United Methodist Church2651 N Church StreetEast Point, GA 30344East Roswell Library*2301 Holcomb Bridge RoadRoswell, GA 30076Elections Hub**5600 Campbellton Fairburn RoadUnion City, GA 30213Etris-Darnell CommunityRecreation Center5285 Lakeside DriveUnion City, GA 30291Evelyn G. Lowery Library at Cascade3665 Cascade RoadSouth Fulton, GA 30331Fairburn Annex40 Washington StreetFairburn, GA 30213Flipper Temple AME Church580 Atlanta Student Movement Blvd SWAtlanta, GA 30314Fulton County Customer Service Center at Maxwell Road11575 Maxwell RoadRoswell, GA 30009Fulton County Government Center**130 Peachtree Street SW Suite 2186Atlanta, GA 30303Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton4055 Flat Shoals RoadSouth Fulton, GA 30291Grant Park Recreation Center537 Park Avenue SEAtlanta, GA 30312Heritage Hall at Sandy Springs6110 Blue Stone RoadSandy Springs, GA 30328High Museum of Arts1280 Peachtree Street NEAtlanta, GA 30309Hugh C. Conley Recreation Center3636 College StreetCollege Park, GA 30337Joan P. Garner Library at Ponce De Leon980 Ponce De Leon Avenue NEAtlanta, GA 30306Johns Creek Environmental Campus8100 Holcomb Bridge RoadRoswell, GA 30022Louise Watley Library at Southeast Atlanta1463 Pryor Road SWAtlanta, GA 30315Metropolitan Library1332 Metropolitan Parkway SWAtlanta, GA 30310Milton Community Center1785 Dinsmore RoadMilton, GA 30004Milton Library855 Mayfield RoadMilton, GA 30009North Fulton Service Center**7741 Roswell RoadSandy Springs, GA 30350Northeast Spruill Oaks Library9560 Spruill RoadJohns Creek, GA 30022Northside Library3295 Northside Parkway NWAtlanta, GA 30327Northwest Library at Scotts Crossing2489 Perry Boulevard NWAtlanta, GA 30318Palmetto Library9111 Cascade Palmetto HighwayPalmetto, GA 30268Robert F. Fulton Ocee Library5090 Abbotts Bridge RoadJohns Creek, GA 30005Roswell Library115 Norcross StreetRoswell, GA 30075Sandy Springs Library*395 Mount Vernon HighwaySandy Springs, GA 30328South Fulton Service Center**5600 Stonewall Tell RoadSouth Fulton, GA 30349Southwest Arts Center915 New Hope Road SWSouth Fulton, GA 30331Welcome All Recreation Center4255 Will Lee RoadSouth Fulton, GA 30349Wolf Creek Library*3100 Enon RoadSouth Fulton, GA 30331Fulton County has designated days for students, teachers and staff at Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia State University, and Georgia Tech to cast their ballots.Atlanta Metropolitan State CollegeOctober 15 & October 169 a.m. to 5 p.m.Edwin Thompson Student Center1630 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, GA 30310The post It’s late October, Do You Know Where Your Polling Place Is? appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.