Demand For Absentee Ballots In Georgia Surpasses 1 Million Mark

A newly installed dropbox allows voters in DeKalb County to return their absentee ballot without human interaction.

Emil Moffatt / WABE

More than a million Georgia voters have requested absentee ballots for the June primaries.

That’s according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who mailed ballot applications to all 6.9 million active Georgia voters last month amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The state’s presidential primary has been delayed twice because of the virus and will now take place June 9, alongside state and local races.