Early Voting Begins Monday; Transportation Discussions All Week

Early voting for the July 31 General Primary, Nonpartisan and Special Election, which includes the Transportation Investment Act (TIA) Referendum, begins on Monday, July 9.

Any Atlanta registered voter wishing to vote in advance of Election Day is not required to vote within the City limits of Atlanta, and may vote early at any listed location within the county of his or her residence.

For Midtown and West Midtown residents, these locations include the Fulton County Government Center, located at 130 Peachtree Street, Ste. 2186; the North Fulton Annex, located at 7741 Roswell Road, Ste. 232 in Sandy Springs; and the South Fulton Annex, located 5600 Stonewall Tell Road in College Park.

Advance voting will take place at these locations Monday through Friday, July 9-27 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Early voting can also be done at the locales on Saturday, July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., except for the North Fulton Annex, which will be open for voting until 5 p.m. that day.

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On Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m., Public Broadcasting Atlanta will host a live online debate at WABE.org regarding the upcoming transportation sales tax referendum.

Scheduled guests include Steve Brown of the Transportation Leadership Coalition, Jeff Dickerson of Citizens for Transportation Mobility, and Jane Hayse of the Atlanta Regional Commission. The debate will be moderated by WABE’s Charles Edwards.

You may submit questions via email to admin@publicsquareatlanta.org.

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Atlantic Station is partnering with Untie Atlanta for an online Tweetup on Wednesday, July 11 to discuss the upcoming regional transportation referendum that would fund $8.5 billion in transportation improvements through a regional one percent sales tax.

Saba Long, press secretary at Citizens for Transportation Mobility, will be on Twitter to answer questions about the referendum from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tweeters can send questions to Caleb J. Spivak, Atlantic Station's social media and community manager, who will be moderating the discussion from the mixed-use community's Twitter handle (@AtlanticStation).

Answers will come from Long on the Untie Atlanta Twitter handle (@UntieAtlanta). Participants can follow the conversation by using hashtag #UntieATL.

The mission of the Tweetup is to educate voters on the facts so they can make an informed decision before they head to the polls July 31.

Untie Atlanta, a group funded by Citizens for Transportation Mobility, is supporting the referendum, which would create a penny sales tax increase to pay for road and transit projects to ease traffic congestion across the metro area.

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On Thursday, July 12, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and PNC Bank are present a transportation community forum to take place at Georgia Public Broadcasting located at 260 14th Street in Midtown.

The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and scheduled speakers, who are both pro and con, include Bucky Johnson, Baruch Feigenbaum, Steve Brown (Fayette County Commissioner) and Christopher Leinberger.