DeKalb County Election: Polling Hours Extended

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — Tuesday is Election Day and Georgia voters who haven't already submitted absentee ballots through early voting locations, mail and drop boxes still have time to cast their ballot.

DeKalb Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson has signed an order approving a petition by the Board of Registration and Elections to extend voting for two DeKalb County polling places that opened late this morning.

The Valley Brook precinct, located at Valley Brook Baptist Church, 1198 N. Valley Brook
Road, Decatur, 30033, will stay open until 7:40 p.m.

The Gresham Road precinct, located at Obama Elementary School, 3132 Clifton
Church Road SE, Atlanta, 30316, will remain open until 7:45 p.m.

This extension was requested, in an abundance of caution, to ensure that all electors at
the locations have the required full 12 hours of voting.

This year, DeKalb County voters will decide on races for president, U.S. House and U.S. Senate, and more.

There’s also a contested sheriff race between Sheriff Melody Maddox and Harold Dennis.

Maddox joined the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office as chief of administration. On July 1, 2019, then Sheriff Jeffery Mann appointed her chief deputy. On December 1, 2019, Melody Maddox became the 50th sheriff of DeKalb County.

Dennis, a former DeKalb reserve lieutenant, said he would initiate job training programs and continuing education and substance abuse programs for county jail inmates. He always has plans to use federal funds to facilitate a program for children to keep them from joining gangs and using drugs, according to his campaign website.

Another race to watch is the 5th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which had been held by the late civil rights icon John Lewis. Lewis died from pancreatic cancer in July.

Republican Angela Stanton-King is running against Democrat Nikema Williams.

President Donald Trump pardoned Stanton-King in February for her role in a car theft ring that led to a 2004 conviction on federal conspiracy charges and two years in prison, reported WABE.

Since King’s release from prison in 2005, the celebrated owner of Stanton Publishing House and Reality TV star of the BET Network docu-series “From the Bottom Up” has formed several organizations dedicated to reforming the criminal justice system and supporting returning citizens, according to her biography.

A special election in December will choose who fills Lewis' seat through the end of 2020.

Preparing for Election Day

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. If you are still in line by 7 p.m., you are allowed to cast your ballot.

On Election Day, you must vote at your designated polling place. You can find your assigned polling location on your voter registration card, by logging into the Secretary of State's My Voter Page, or by contacting your County Board of Registrar's Office.

When you get to your polling place, show your photo ID to the poll worker. A poll worker will check your photo ID, verify that you are registered and at the correct polling location, issue you a voter access card or ballot, whichever is applicable, and allow you to vote. Learn how to vote at polling places in Georgia.

Before you arrive at the polls you can review a sample ballot online.

President and Vice President

• Joseph R. Biden, President and Kamala D. Harris, Vice President - Democrat
• Donald J. Trump, President and Michael R. Pence, Vice President - Republican
• Jo Jorgensen, President and Jeremy F. "Spike" Cohen, Vice President - Libertarian

United States Senate

• David A. Perdue, Republican
• Jon Ossoff, Democrat
• Shane Hazel, Libertarian
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For U.S. Representative in 117th Congress From the 4th Congressional District

• Johsie Cruz Ezammudeen, Republican
• Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr, Democrat
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For U.S. Representative in 117th Congress From the 5th Congressional District

• Angela Stanton-King, Republican
• Nikema Williams, Democrat
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For U.S. Representative in 117th Congress From the 6th Congressional District

• Karen Handel, Republican
• Lucy McBath, Democrat
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State Representative, 82nd District

• Mary Margaret Oliver, Democrat
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State Representative, 83rd District

• Becky Evans, Democrat
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State Representative, 84th District

• Renitta Shannon
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State Representative, 85th

• Karla Drenner, Democrat
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State Representative, 86th

• Zulma Lopez, Democrat
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State Representative, 87th

• Viola Davis, Democrat
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State Representative, 88th District

• Billy Mitchell, Democrat
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State Representative, 89th District

• Bee Nguyen, Democrat
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State Representative, 90th District

• Pam Stephenson, Democrat
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State Representative, 91st District

• Rhonda S. Taylor, Democrat
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State Representative, 92nd District

• Doreen Carter, Democrat
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State Representative, 93rd District

• Hubert Owens, Jr., Republican
• Dar'Shun Kendrick, Democrat
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State Representative, 94th District

• Karen Bennett, Democrat
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State Senator, 10th District

• Emanuel Jones, Democrat
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State Senator, 40th District

• Garry Guan, Republican
• Sally Harrell, Democrat
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State Senator, 41st District

• William Park Freeman, Republican
• Kim Jackson, Democrat

State Senator, 42nd District

• Elena Parent, Democrat
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State Senator, 43rd District

• Melanie Williams, Republican
• Tonya P. Anderson, Democrat
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State Senator, 44th District

• Benjamin Brooks, Republican
• Gail Davenport, Democrat

State Senator, 55th District

• Gloria S. Butler, Democrat
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State Representative, 79th District

• Andrea Johnson, Republican
• Michael S. Wilensky, Democrat
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State Representative, 80th District

• Alan Cole, Republican
• Matthew Wilson, Democrat

State Representative, 81st District

• Scott Holcomb, Democrat
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Public Service Commissioner to succeed Jason Shaw

• Jason Shaw, Republican
• Robert G. Bryant, Democrat
• Elizabeth Melton, Liberatarian
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Public Service Commissioner (D-4) to succeed Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr.

• Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr., Republican
• Daniel Blackman, Democrat
• Nathan Wilson, Libertarian
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District Attorney of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit

• Sherry Boston, Democrat
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Clerk of Superior Court of DeKalb County

• Debra DeBerry, Democrat
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Sherriff

• Harold Dennis, Republican
• Melody M. Maddox, Democrat
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Tax Commissioner

• Irvin J. Johnson, Democrat
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Chief Magistrate

• Berryl A. Anderson, Democrat
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Sample ballot