ATHENS — The Clarke County Board of Elections has installed secure drop boxes for absentee ballots for the June 9, Presidential Preference Primary and General Primary & Nonpartisan election. They are located at:
- Athens-Clarke County Elections Office – 155 E Washington Street, Athens, GA 30601
- Athens-Clarke County Library – 2025 Baxter Street; Athens, GA 30601
- Athens-Clarke County Multimodal Transportation Center – 775 E Broad Street, Athens, GA 30601
- Fire Station #7 – 2350 Barnett Shoals Road, Athens, GA 30605 [location added June 1, 2020]
More info on the ballot boxes:
- Close at 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (June 9)
- Are monitored by video recording devices
- Have ballots collected from them at least once every 24 hours in teams of two people who have sworn an oath in the same form as poll officers
- Are immediately transported and processed and stored in the same manner as absentee ballots returned by mail.
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