USPS urges voters to mail absentee ballots as soon as possible

A vote sign in front of a polling location underneath a tree.
Smyrna Community Center is one of several polling locations open where Cobb County residents can vote early. (Meimei Xu/WABE)

This story was updated on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at 3:14 p.m.

The U.S. Postal Service is calling on voters to mail their absentee ballots at least one week before election offices need to receive them on Election Day.

In Georgia, absentee ballots need to be received by the time polls close on Election Day at 7 p.m.