The 2022 midterm elections are on the horizon. Are you planning to vote?

Have you learnt find out how to vote, the place to vote and what you may have to have whenever you present as much as the polls? What in case your voter registration is outdated, or has a mistake, and you might be challenged on the polls — what are you able to do?

GPB is a part of a brand new community-powered journalism mission to reply these questions and some other ones you have got about find out how to train your proper to vote within the upcoming midterms. Our mission is to offer you the knowledge you should vote — we’re not involved about the way you vote or who you vote for, we simply need to be sure you are armed with the knowledge you want TO vote and perceive how elections are run and stored safe.

Many states, together with Georgia, have modified voting rules because the 2020 normal election when issues concerning the pandemic led to an growth of absentee and mail-in voting. This time round, the foundations are completely different, and, there’s a number of misinformation and disinformation circulating about elections and election safety. We’re right here to clear issues up.

This mission is a part of the work of America Amplified, an initiative funded by the Company for Public Broadcasting to assist neighborhood engagement journalism in public media. Along with GPB, America Amplified is working with 28 different public media stations throughout the nation to make sure that all eligible Americans have the instruments they should vote.

Are these elections vital? Arguably, each election is vital. However this one may probably change the stability of energy in Georgia and the nation. You’ll be able to’t sit this one out for those who care about what’s happening.

“We should not have a authorities by the bulk. Now we have a authorities by the bulk who take part.” That quote is usually — wrongly — attributed to Thomas Jefferson. However no matter attribution, it stays true which you could’t change something until you select to take part within the course of.

We’re asking you to take part by submitting your query within the blue field on our elections web page, the place you’ll find all the newest information on Georgia’s midterm election. Or you may simply fill in your questions within the field under (although we wish you to take a look at our particular elections web page). 

Submit any and all questions on collaborating within the upcoming midterms and enter you title and electronic mail after which simply click on the submit query button on the backside of the field.

You too can textual content your inquiries to us! Simply textual content GPB to 855-670-1777 and observe the prompts to submit a query about collaborating within the midterm elections.

With assist from our companions at America Amplified, we’ll reply the questions on-line, on the air and on social media. We’ll ship the solutions on to you as properly. For those who share your contact info, we might even attain out personally. We are able to’t do that with out you!