Rockdale voters who want to cast their ballots early but are busy during the week can take advantage of Saturday voting on Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 1400 Parker Road.

The hours for in-person early voting are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday for Oct. 13-24 and 27-28. Saturday voting on Oct. 25 runs 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The hours extend longer 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. for Oct. 28-31.

Absentee voting by mail started Sept. 19, and in-person early voting starts Oct. 13 at 1400 Parker Road; both run until Oct. 31.

Any registered Georgia voter can vote early. When going to cast your ballot, make sure you bring photo identification, which can be a Georgia driver's license, a state-issued voter ID card, a valid U.S. passport or a valid U.S. military ID card.

Election Day voting on Nov. 4 will take place at the voters precinct polls.

To find out your precinct and poll location, contact the Rockdale Board of Elections/VR Office at 770-278-7333 or go to www.rockdalecounty.org and go the Board of Elections and Voter Registration department page. 

A sample ballot is attached as a PDF to this article.

Registered voters can also see their specific sample ballot, check voter registration status, view polling and early voting locations and track the status of their absentee ballot online at Secretary of State Brian Kemp's "My Voter Page" website at mvp.sos.ga.gov.

Voters can also download the "My Voter Page" app on mobile devices with Apple and Android platforms by searching for "GA Votes."

Early voting turnout

So far, as of Wednesday, Oct. 22, a little more than 11 percent, or 5,514, of Rockdale's active registered voters have cast their ballots early.

Of those, 924 were mail-in ballots and 5,514 were in-person early voting at 1400 Parker Road.

The precinct with the highest turnout is St. Pius with 14.69 percent and the lowetst is Olde Town with 7.22 percent.