Ahead of 12/4 runoff, Crittenden issues guidance to counties 

Counties are encouraged take all necessary steps so voters are able to cast their ballots in a timely manner. These include but are not limited to:

• Planning for high voter turnout during both advance/early voting and on Election Day.
• Ensuring that each polling place is equipped with the appropriate number of voting machines and ExpressPoll units based on the number of voters assigned to each polling place.
• Ensuring that all accessories (power cords, voter access cards, etc.) are with the assigned equipment going to polling places.
• Ensuring that all polling places are supplied with a sufficient number of provisional ballots and have a plan to re-stock as needed throughout advance/early voting and on Election Day.

Additionally, counties are encouraged to continue to take all necessary steps to tabulate and report results in a timely manner. These include but are not limited to:

• Being mindful of the number of absentee ballots requiring processing and tabulation on Election Day including having additional staff to assist with this process if needed.
• Tabulating early per O.C.G.A. § 21-2-386 (a)(G)(3) after 7:00 AM on Election Day (provided that all procedures outlined in this code section are followed). Counties with a large number of absentee ballots are encouraged to do so.
• Sending an Optical Scan (OS) and Touch Screen (TS) report with the final 5-column summary report in order to account for all DRE memory cards.

Please be advised that the deadline to register to vote in the runoff was October 9, 2018.