Civic Groups Shift Efforts From Registration To Early Voting

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October 12th, 2016

FILE – In this March 1, 2016 file photo, Joanna Walters puts on a “I’m a Georgia Voter” sticker on her American flag shirt as she votes during Georgia’s primary election at the polling station at South Lowndes Recreation Complex in Lake Park, Ga. Georgia voters will decide whether several Republican congressmen should keep their seats against conservative challengers and choose nominees for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Johnny Isakson. Dozens of state legislative and local races also are on Tuesday, May 24 primary ballot. If no candidate receives a majority in any race, the top two move to a July 26 runoff election. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Voter registration groups making a final push to sign people up ahead of Tuesday’s deadline are now turning their attention toward getting people to vote early.

After the controversy over presidential election results in 2000, Helen Butler began helping Georgians who feel they are wrongly turned away from the polls.

She heads the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, a social justice nonprofit, and says voting early allows for more time to address problems.

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