Primary voting to start in Georgia, continue in South Carolina

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – In-person early voting begins Monday in the Georgia presidential preference primary and continues in the South Carolina Republican primary.

In Georgia

In Richmond County, advance voting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, plus Feb. 24 and March 2, at :

• The Linda W. Beazley Community Room in the Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building, 535 Telfair St.
• The Charles Evans Community Center 1866 Highland Ave.
• The Robert Howard Community Center 103 Diamond Lakes Way.
• The Warren Road Recreation Center 300 Warren Road.

On March 3, advance voting will take place in the Beazley Room only from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The last day to vote advance will be March 8.

Election Day voting will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 12, and all polling locations in Augusta-Richmond County will be open.

Voters must report to their assigned precinct in order to vote on Election Day.

All voters voting in person whether in advance or on Election Day must provide one of the six acceptable forms of photo identification.

Sample ballots will be available at voting sites or can be viewed at www.augustaga.gov/vote.

Voting by mail is underway, and applications are being accepted until March 1. Interested persons must apply by submitting an absentee ballot request at www.augustaga.gov/vote. Applications can be mailed to our office at 535 Telfair St., Suite 500, Augusta GA , 30901, by fax at 706-821-2814 or by email at richmondelections@augustaga.gov.

Mail-in ballots must be received by 7 p.m. March 12.

Voters who cast an absentee ballot by mail do not have to provide a reason for voting by mail.

In South Carolina

Advance voting continues for early voting in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary.

Early voting will continue through Feb. 22. Polls are open each weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

There are a total of seven candidates on the ballot including three candidates who previously suspended their campaigns.

Voters will have to choose between former President Donald Trump; former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley; pastor and businessman Ryan Binkley and businessman David Stuckenburg. Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, each of whom suspended their campaigns, also appear on the primary ballot.

Registered voters are eligible to vote in the state’s Republican primary as long as they did not vote earlier this month in the state’s Democratic primary.

Click here to find the location of your polling place for early voting.

The actual primary is being held on Feb. 24, the Saturday after early voting ends.

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