Early voting opens Tuesday at Milton Library

Early voting for the Nov. 3 election starts Tuesday, and Milton Library is one of the places to do it. Fulton County will run 32 early voting sites from Tuesday, Oct. 13, through Friday, Oct. 30.

That is 18 days of voting, according to the county’s early voting announcement. During early voting you can use any site in the county, the county’s voting FAQs say. On Election Day you must vote at your assigned polling place.

When and where

Every early voting site keeps the same hours:

The closest sites to Milton, from the county’s list:

• Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road, Milton
• Alpharetta Branch Library, 10 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, about six miles southeast
• Fulton County Health and Human Services North, 4700 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta
• Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell, about eight miles south
• East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell
• Johns Creek Environmental Campus, 8100 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell
• Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Johns Creek
• Robert F. Fulton Library at Ocee, 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek

Key dates

The dates come from the county’s elections page.

What is on Milton’s ballot

The county’s consolidated sample ballot lists every race in Fulton County. Some are for districts Milton is not in, so check your own ballot on the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page.

Statewide races. Every Milton voter will see these:

• U.S. Senate: Mike Collins, Republican, and Jon Ossoff, Democrat, the incumbent
• Governor: Rick Jackson, Republican, and Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democrat
• Lieutenant governor: Greg Dolezal, Republican, and Josh McLaurin, Democrat
• Secretary of state, attorney general, state school superintendent, and the agriculture, insurance and labor commissioners
• Two Public Service Commission seats, Districts 3 and 5

District races. Your U.S. House, state Senate and state House races depend on your address. The My Voter Page shows which ones are yours.

Fulton County. The race for County Commission chairperson is between Eric J. Tatum, Republican, and Mo Ivory, Democrat. District commission races and the Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor race are also on the ballot.

Three statewide constitutional amendments ask whether to:

1. raise the largest farm that can qualify for conservation-use tax assessment from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres
2. require nonpartisan elections for all probate court judges
3. let the General Assembly set aside existing revenue in a fund for 911 systems

Two sales tax questions matter most locally.

TSPLOST: roads and bridges

This asks whether to continue the 0.75% transportation sales tax in Fulton County outside Atlanta for up to five years. Milton’s share would be about $44.2 million. Our TSPLOST story has the city’s full project list.

ESPLOST: school buildings

This asks whether to continue the 1% school sales tax from July 1, 2027, for up to five years. It would raise no more than $2,095,680,577 in total. Up to $1,306,195,350 of that would go to Fulton County Schools, according to the county’s notice calling the ESPLOST election. The rest would go to Atlanta Public Schools.

The notice names schools in Milton:

• Milton High and Northwestern Middle are on the list for critical systems work, such as infrastructure and safety systems, “if and as needed.”
• All eight Fulton County schools inside Milton appear on the wider list for building upgrades. They are Cambridge High, Milton High, Hopewell Middle, Northwestern Middle and the Birmingham Falls, Cogburn Woods, Crabapple Crossing and Summit Hill elementary schools.

The wider list covers work such as roofs, HVAC, security, playgrounds and classroom additions, as needed. Our public schools guide has each school’s page.

Two other questions on the county’s sample ballot are for Sandy Springs and Palmetto voters only.

What it means for you

• Bring a photo ID. A Georgia driver’s license works even if it has expired. A U.S. passport, a state or federal photo ID, or a military or tribal photo ID also works, according to the county’s voting FAQs.
• Vote early anywhere. From Tuesday, Oct. 13, any of the 32 sites will take your vote. On Nov. 3, only your own polling place will.
• Voting by mail. Apply by Friday, Oct. 23. Your ballot must arrive by 7 p.m. on Election Day. During early voting hours, seven sites take mail ballots in a drop box, including the North Fulton Service Center in Sandy Springs. Milton Library is not one of them.
• Questions: Fulton County Registration and Elections is at fultonelections.com, or call county customer service at 404-612-4000.