Fulton County has accepted 6,676 absentee ballot applications for the Nov. 3 general election, according to the county's unofficial absentee report updated Tuesday, Sept. 15.
That's up 279 from the Sept. 12 report, which showed 6,397 accepted applications. The county has rejected 63 applications as too early or too late. The pace is steady.
The figures cover all of Fulton County, not Roswell alone. No city-level breakdown is available. But Roswell is one of 14 cities whose governing authorities called the Nov. 3 TSPLOST special election, putting local voters squarely on the ballot.
Oct. 5 registration deadline
Unregistered Roswell residents have until Monday, Oct. 5 to register for the Nov. 3 election, according to the official call for election signed by Nadine Williams, Fulton County director of elections. Residents can register online through the Georgia Secretary of State's voter registration portal.
Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis, who represents District 2, promoted the absentee process on Aug. 24, noting the Oct. 23 application deadline.
Two referendums anchor the ballot. The first asks voters outside Atlanta whether to impose a 0.75 percent Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) for up to five years, starting April 1, 2027, to fund transportation improvements and congestion reduction.
The second would reimpose a 1 percent Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) beginning July 1, 2027. The tax would raise up to $2,095,680,577 for Fulton County School District and Atlanta Independent School System facilities.
Key dates
Absentee applications opened Aug. 17. The single busiest day so far was Aug. 24, when the county accepted 526 applications. Voters can request an absentee ballot through the Secretary of State's online portal or by emailing a signed application to the Fulton County elections office. The deadline to submit an absentee application is Friday, Oct. 23.
Early in-person voting runs Tuesday, Oct. 13 through Friday, Oct. 30, with mandatory Saturday voting on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. On Election Day, Nov. 3, polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sample ballots are scheduled to become available starting Saturday, Sept. 19. Voters can check their registration, find their polling place and view a sample ballot through the Secretary of State's My Voter Page.
