DeKalb County Election Update, 12:20 a.m.

MEDIA CONTACTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2020

DeKalb County Election Update, 12:20 a.m.

DECATUR, Ga.–DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections (VRE) has completed the unofficial count for the Nov. 3, 2020, general election.

DeKalb County VRE processed 369,948 votes, in the following categories:

Election Day               47,553

Advance Voting          195,376

Absentee by Mail        127,019

Please note that the official results are scheduled to be certified by the DeKalb County Board of Registrations and Elections on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. 

DeKalb County has 201 ballots that need to be cured and each voter is being contacted by phone or overnight mail. Voters have three days after being contacted via call or mail to provide the necessary information to confirm their vote.

Additionally, Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) will also be factored into DeKalb’s final certified tabulations. To date, DeKalb County has received 1,753 UOCAVA ballots. Applicable DeKalb County voters have until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, for their ballots to arrive in the office. UOCAVA ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 3, 2020, to be accepted. 

DeKalb County also has approximately 1,600 provisional ballots, which are given to voters who cannot meet all the requirements for voting at the time of the election. The provisional ballot will count if the issue is solved within three days after Election Day.

For additional updates, visit www.DeKalbVotes.com.

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ELECTION DAY MEDIA CONTACTS
Andrew Cauthen, DeKalb County Communications Manager
[email protected] | 470-553-4408

Erik Burton, Communications Consultant
[email protected] | 770-294-8475

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2020

DeKalb County Elections Update

DECATUR, Ga.—DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections (VRE) has resumed the processing of absentee ballots and will immediately post, updated unofficial election results on www.DeKalbVotes.com as they are available.

These results also will be uploaded to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website at sos.ga.gov.

As of 2:58 a.m. Nov. 4, DeKalb VRE has tabulated 79,643 absentee ballots.

The staff at DeKalb VRE is working diligently to verify, process and tabulate approximately 48,000 remaining absentee ballots after successfully tabulating 242,929 in-person advance and Election Day votes.

Additionally, State law requires that the election office assemble a designated review panel to adjudicate any flagged absentee ballots, which may impact processing.

DeKalb VRE anticipates that all remaining absentee ballots will be processed today and the team will immediately transition to certifying this historic election.

To view the latest unofficial election results for DeKalb County, click the banner at the top of the page at www.dekalbcountyga.gov.

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