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Deadline to register for presidential preference primary today
How you can still get registered for March primary
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Though the November and the 2020 general election are still months away, today is the deadline to register for the presidential preference primary. Here’s how you can still get registered to vote in the March primary.

Voter registration for the Presidential Preference Primary

What: Those who have not registered to vote for the March 24 Presidential Preference Primary – where parties will select their presidential candidates – still have time to sign up online, at www.securevotega.com.

Voters with a valid driver’s license or ID card provided by the Georgia Department of Driver Services can also register to vote in-person until 5 p.m. today at the Dawson County Board of Elections and Voter Registration office at 96 Academy Avenue in Dawsonville.

More info: Voters can register, change or check information online and print voting applications to be mailed in at registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do#no-back-button.

Voting and Advance voting for the Presidential Preference Primary

What: Advance voting for the presidential preference primary will begin March 3 and continue until March 20. Registered voters can vote before the March 24 election to beat the lines at the polls from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Dawson County Board of Elections and Voter Registration office. The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 14.

On election day, voters must vote at their regular voting precinct. The precincts for Dawson County voters are: West, Dawson County Fire Station No. 6 at 2142 Hubbard Road; Central, the board of elections office at 96 Academy Avenue; and East, Dawson County Fire Station No. 2 at 145 Liberty Drive past Tractor Supply.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m to 7 p.m. on March 24.

More info: www.dawsoncounty.org/elections