Gwinnett opens more early voting sites to ease lines

8 locations will handle early voters starting on Oct. 29.

Gwinnett County will open more early voting locations next week to ease long lines.

Beginning Monday, Gwinnett voters will be able to cast their ballots at the George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center in Suwanee and the Lenora Park activity room in Snellville. Currently, the only early voting site is the Gwinnett County Voter Registrations and Elections Office in Lawrenceville.

Some voters waited several hours to cast their ballots this week at the election office. County Administrator Glenn Stephens said the additional locations — plus 15 additional voting machines at the election office beginning Saturday — should ease the wait.

“We know we’re a large county,” Stephens said. “We think this will help.”

Voters can cast their ballots at all three locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Monday through Friday. As of 2 p.m. today, 6,233 Gwinnett voters had cast their ballots at the election office this week. Another 11,104 had returned absentee ballots.

Gwinnett plans to open more early voting locations on Saturday Oct. 29. On that day and the following week, the county will have eight early voting locations open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.