DeKalb adds Sundays to early voting days

Dekalb County has opted to add two more early voting days before the Nov. 2 elections.

The county’s board of elections unanimously voted to add two Sundays to the early voting schedule, doubling the number of week- end days residents can cast their ballots. The new dates are Oct. 17 and 24.

There are dozens of municipal races taking place in the county in addition to a countywide question about renewing an education tax. Dekalb residents can choose between eight early voting locations. An election board spokesman said the county is still figuring out whether every voting location will be available on the two Sundays.

Advance voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays between Oct. 12 and Oct. 29. In addition to the two Sundays, voters can cast ballots on two Saturdays, Oct. 16 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The election board discussed adding the extra days on Monday, after board mem- ber Karli Swift added the item to the agenda as their meeting began. Most of the discussion surrounded which Sundays they could choose, given changes to early voting enacted by Georgia’s controversial new voting law adopted earlier this year.

The law made Sunday early voting optional. The law also puts limits on drop boxes and requires various forms of ID for absentee voting. County election offices were given the authority to decide whether to open voting locations on up to two Sundays each early voting period.

Here are the advance voting locations in Dekalb:

■ Bessie Branham Recreation Center, 2051 Delano Drive NE, Atlanta 30317

■ Lynwood Recreation Center, 3360 Osborne Road NE, Brookhaven 30319

■ Berean Christian Church — Family Life Center, 2197 Young Road, Stone Mountain 30088

■ Voter Registration & Elections Office, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300, Decatur 30032

■ Tucker-reid H. Cofer

Library, 5234 Lavista Road, Tucker 30084

■ Stonecrest Library,

3123 Klondike Road, Stonecrest 30038

■ County Line-ellenwood Library, 4331 River Road, Ellenwood 30294

■ Dunwoody Library,

5339 Chamblee-dunwoody Road, Dunwoody 30338

For more information, visit dekalbcountyga.gov/ voter-registration-elections/ general-election-information.