Elections

State and federal races only. No local Macon-Bibb races are on this ballot — mayor, sheriff and the commission ran in 2024, and the local nonpartisan seats were decided in May and June.

Both happen in one place — the state’s My Voter Page at mvp.sos.ga.gov. Register, confirm your address, find your polling place, or look at your own sample ballot. It is free.

Monday, October 5, 2026 is the last day to register to vote in this election. Registration in Georgia never closes, so you can register any day of the year — but a registration submitted after that day counts for the next election, not the November 3 ballot.

No excuse needed, two Saturdays included, and you can use any early voting site in the county. Bring a photo ID.

Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and this day you must go to your assigned precinct. In line at 7 p.m. means you still vote. Bring a photo ID.

No excuse needed, but you have to ask — and both deadlines are about being received, not postmarked. Your voted ballot has to be back by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

For most offices Georgia requires a strict majority — over 50 percent — to win outright. If nobody clears it, the top two go to a runoff on the 28th day after the election, December 1. That is O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501. A runoff is not the expected outcome: with two candidates on the ballot one of them almost always finishes above half. If a race on your ballot does go to one, this page will say so.

They are running counts, released as precincts report while absentee and provisional ballots are still being handled. Two steps make a result official: the Board of Elections canvasses — checks and totals every precinct plus the advance, absentee and accepted provisional ballots — and then certifies. PeachTracker publishes the certified report and nothing earlier.