There are 9,306 citizens of the age of 18 in the county. Of the ballots issued, 78.5 percent were accepted while 14.2 percent were canceled.
According to the Pew Research Center, about 65 million votes were cast via mail in the 2020 general election. In 2016, 1.2 percent of absentee votes weren't counted for various reasons, according to the Election Administration and Voting Survey.
Absentee ballot metrics by county in general election
County | Population | Population over 18 | Total absentee ballots issued | Accepted % | Rejected % | Canceled % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fulton | 1,021,902 | 791,630 | 210,143 | 67.8 | 0.2 | 22 |
Gwinnett | 902,298 | 654,847 | 166,077 | 74.4 | 0.5 | 17.7 |
Cobb | 745,057 | 564,850 | 181,695 | 81.8 | 0.2 | 13.7 |
DeKalb | 743,187 | 568,921 | 172,125 | 73.8 | 0.3 | 19.1 |
Chatham | 287,049 | 224,581 | 55,213 | 74.5 | 0.3 | 16.4 |
Clayton | 278,666 | 200,334 | 45,218 | 69.6 | 0.1 | 18.2 |
Clay | 278,666 | 199,750 | 544 | 74.4 | 2 | 16.7 |
Cherokee | 241,910 | 180,696 | 46,443 | 80.7 | 0 | 13.8 |
Henry | 221,307 | 162,890 | 40,650 | 71.7 | 0.5 | 22 |
Forsyth | 219,880 | 157,730 | 40,743 | 75.2 | 0.3 | 20.4 |
Richmond | 201,463 | 154,550 | 37,876 | 73.3 | 0.3 | 16.9 |
Muscogee | 196,670 | 147,885 | 32,240 | 75.8 | 0 | 15.4 |
Hall | 195,961 | 145,010 | 28,107 | 76.7 | 0 | 17.7 |
Paulding | 155,840 | 113,794 | 26,104 | 77.9 | 0.2 | 16.7 |
Bibb | 153,490 | 115,472 | 25,637 | 77.3 | 0 | 13.5 |
Houston | 151,682 | 112,681 | 25,913 | 77.7 | 0.1 | 16 |
Columbia | 147,295 | 109,473 | 22,671 | 73 | 0.1 | 20.6 |
Douglas | 141,840 | 104,450 | 26,462 | 74.1 | 0.1 | 18.2 |
Coweta | 140,516 | 105,186 | 23,002 | 82.5 | 0.3 | 12.3 |
Clarke | 124,602 | 102,948 | 22,639 | 81.6 | 0.3 | 12.8 |
Carroll | 116,022 | 88,161 | 12,882 | 73.2 | 0 | 19.5 |
Lowndes | 114,582 | 87,130 | 13,649 | 68.1 | 0.5 | 21.2 |
Fayette | 111,369 | 85,298 | 24,785 | 74.9 | 0.2 | 20.1 |
Newton | 106,497 | 78,090 | 19,792 | 78.3 | 0.3 | 14.1 |
Whitfield | 103,849 | 76,388 | 8,843 | 73.4 | 0 | 16.9 |
Bartow | 103,620 | 78,043 | 13,808 | 76.6 | 0.4 | 16.4 |
Floyd | 96,824 | 74,152 | 11,722 | 73.9 | 0 | 15 |
Dougherty | 91,049 | 68,948 | 14,568 | 71 | 1 | 17.1 |
Walton | 90,132 | 67,394 | 14,369 | 72.4 | 0.2 | 21.7 |
Rockdale | 89,011 | 66,448 | 17,286 | 72.5 | 0.2 | 20.5 |
Glynn | 83,974 | 65,054 | 13,909 | 73.3 | 0.2 | 19.4 |
Barrow | 76,887 | 56,441 | 10,578 | 74.2 | 0.2 | 19.7 |
Bulloch | 74,782 | 59,790 | 8,536 | 75.3 | 0.2 | 16.9 |
Troup | 69,774 | 52,457 | 8,263 | 77.6 | 0 | 15 |
Walker | 68,824 | 53,593 | 7,470 | 77.8 | 0.1 | 14.6 |
Catoosa | 66,299 | 50,902 | 6,751 | 76.4 | 0.2 | 18.1 |
Jackson | 65,755 | 48,982 | 9,386 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
Spalding | 64,719 | 49,212 | 11,016 | 71.1 | 0.6 | 16.1 |
Liberty | 62,108 | 44,536 | 7,679 | 71.6 | 0.7 | 19.4 |
Effingham | 58,689 | 42,957 | 6,623 | 74.3 | 0 | 17.5 |
Gordon | 56,790 | 42,572 | 5,373 | 75.5 | 0.1 | 17.1 |
Camden | 52,714 | 39,775 | 6,802 | 72.6 | 0.3 | 21.4 |
Laurens | 47,418 | 35,690 | 6,623 | 77 | 0 | 13.3 |
Colquitt | 45,606 | 33,551 | 3,980 | 65.1 | 0.2 | 24.4 |
Baldwin | 45,286 | 36,588 | 6,886 | 62.5 | 0.3 | 26 |
Thomas | 44,730 | 33,974 | 6,001 | 68.5 | 0 | 24.2 |
Habersham | 44,289 | 34,246 | 5,621 | 75.5 | 0 | 17.5 |
Coffee | 42,961 | 32,411 | 3,116 | 61.8 | 0.4 | 25.3 |
Polk | 41,621 | 30,828 | 3,882 | 72.5 | 0.2 | 19.9 |
Tift | 40,510 | 30,443 | 4,072 | 66.4 | 0.1 | 22.8 |
Murray | 39,557 | 29,630 | 2,784 | 73.9 | 0 | 17.4 |
Oconee | 37,017 | 27,083 | 7,318 | 78.8 | 0.2 | 17.9 |
Bryan | 35,885 | 25,363 | 5,298 | 68.5 | 0.5 | 24.2 |
Ware | 35,599 | 27,053 | 4,304 | 68.5 | 0.3 | 23 |
Harris | 33,590 | 26,243 | 5,433 | 77.4 | 0 | 15.7 |
Lumpkin | 31,951 | 26,184 | 4,349 | 75.9 | 0.5 | 18.7 |
Pickens | 30,832 | 24,470 | 3,612 | 82.3 | 0 | 8.3 |
Sumter | 30,352 | 23,295 | 4,220 | 67.8 | 0.2 | 24 |
Gilmer | 29,922 | 24,018 | 4,432 | 78.5 | 0.2 | 17 |
Wayne | 29,767 | 22,397 | 2,812 | 75.1 | 0 | 17.7 |
Lee | 29,348 | 21,538 | 3,425 | 72.1 | 0.8 | 21.3 |
Haralson | 28,956 | 21,930 | 2,999 | 82.8 | 0 | 10 |
White | 28,928 | 23,087 | 4,054 | 76.1 | 0.2 | 18.4 |
Madison | 28,900 | 22,232 | 3,752 | 78.3 | 0.1 | 16.6 |
Jones | 28,548 | 21,788 | 3,939 | 76.1 | 0 | 17 |
Toombs | 27,048 | 19,832 | 3,159 | 73.2 | 0.3 | 19.8 |
Monroe | 27,010 | 21,358 | 3,340 | 73.1 | 0 | 17.2 |
Peach | 26,966 | 21,170 | 3,824 | 67.1 | 0.6 | 25.1 |
Decatur | 26,833 | 20,236 | 3,301 | 70.2 | 0.7 | 21 |
Upson | 26,216 | 20,133 | 3,744 | 74 | 0 | 18.8 |
Stephens | 25,676 | 19,932 | 2,723 | 80.2 | 0 | 1.8 |
Hart | 25,631 | 20,252 | 3,666 | 70.6 | 0.3 | 20.7 |
Tattnall | 25,353 | 20,114 | 1,953 | 69.9 | 0.3 | 21.5 |
Grady | 24,926 | 18,710 | 3,362 | 66.5 | 0.3 | 23.3 |
Fannin | 24,925 | 20,674 | 4,498 | 76.2 | 0 | 16.5 |
Chattooga | 24,817 | 19,203 | 2,187 | 81.6 | 0.2 | 12.3 |
Dawson | 23,861 | 18,855 | 4,115 | 74.2 | 0 | 20.6 |
Butts | 23,750 | 18,831 | 2,925 | 72.9 | 0.1 | 22.5 |
Crisp | 22,846 | 17,167 | 2,416 | 69.4 | 0.2 | 21.9 |
Union | 22,775 | 19,017 | 4,737 | 75.2 | 0.1 | 20.9 |
Burke | 22,550 | 16,659 | 3,140 | 80 | 0 | 10.4 |
Franklin | 22,514 | 17,556 | 2,709 | 75 | 0 | 18.9 |
Emanuel | 22,499 | 16,843 | 2,462 | 70 | 0.2 | 16.9 |
Mitchell | 22,432 | 17,220 | 2,943 | 74.7 | 0 | 12.4 |
Putnam | 21,503 | 17,101 | 4,245 | 77.2 | 0 | 16.4 |
Mcduffie | 21,498 | 16,018 | 3,320 | 73.9 | 0.2 | 16.2 |
Meriwether | 21,113 | 16,496 | 3,366 | 73.9 | 0.6 | 19.2 |
Dodge | 20,919 | 16,737 | 1,859 | 70.1 | 0 | 16.9 |
Worth | 20,656 | 15,854 | 2,228 | 71.2 | 0.3 | 22.4 |
Washington | 20,461 | 15,911 | 3,410 | 73 | 0.5 | 15.7 |
Elbert | 19,212 | 15,013 | 2,674 | 76.3 | 0.5 | 15.4 |
Pierce | 19,164 | 14,348 | 1,862 | 69.5 | 0.5 | 23.7 |
Berrien | 19,025 | 14,424 | 1,722 | 65.3 | 0.2 | 27.2 |
Brantley | 18,561 | 14,079 | 1,354 | 65.9 | 0 | 22.6 |
Lamar | 18,513 | 14,648 | 2,401 | 73.1 | 0.2 | 20.4 |
Banks | 18,510 | 14,253 | 1,809 | 76.1 | 0 | 17.2 |
Appling | 18,454 | 13,845 | 2,177 | 70.2 | 0.1 | 23.9 |
Morgan | 18,235 | 14,133 | 2,819 | 70.9 | 0.5 | 23.5 |
Long | 18,156 | 13,053 | 1,203 | 62.8 | 0 | 22.7 |
Pike | 18,082 | 13,762 | 2,162 | 67 | 0.4 | 27 |
Cook | 17,184 | 12,739 | 1,409 | 71.7 | 0.1 | 18 |
Ben hill | 17,154 | 12,809 | 1,760 | 70.7 | 0.3 | 22.6 |
Greene | 16,976 | 13,718 | 4,159 | 67.7 | 0.4 | 27.7 |
Rabun | 16,457 | 13,667 | 3,245 | 79.8 | 0 | 15.1 |
Dade | 16,227 | 13,160 | 1,502 | 68 | 0.1 | 26.3 |
Telfair | 16,115 | 13,372 | 1,291 | 76 | 0.5 | 17.2 |
Jefferson | 15,772 | 12,012 | 2,427 | 69.7 | 0 | 17.4 |
Brooks | 15,622 | 12,199 | 2,119 | 76.9 | 0.2 | 14.2 |
Jeff davis | 14,991 | 10,945 | 1,234 | 66.1 | 0.1 | 21.6 |
Oglethorpe | 14,784 | 11,612 | 2,396 | 76.8 | 0.1 | 18.7 |
Mcintosh | 14,120 | 11,683 | 2,316 | 72.8 | 0.3 | 20.2 |
Screven | 13,990 | 10,941 | 1,774 | 73.3 | 0 | 16.7 |
Dooly | 13,905 | 11,371 | 1,080 | 68.4 | 0 | 22.9 |
Jasper | 13,784 | 10,488 | 1,915 | 77.4 | 0 | 15.2 |
Macon | 13,480 | 10,850 | 1,379 | 61.4 | 0.1 | 25.6 |
Charlton | 12,983 | 10,508 | 952 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 18.4 |
Bleckley | 12,775 | 9,981 | 1,397 | 74.9 | 0.1 | 18.8 |
Crawford | 12,344 | 9,725 | 1,541 | 70.8 | 0.3 | 21.6 |
Heard | 11,677 | 8,956 | 1,300 | 75.5 | 0 | 18 |
Towns | 11,417 | 9,943 | 2,628 | 73.5 | 0.2 | 21 |
Pulaski | 11,295 | 9,306 | 867 | 78.5 | 0 | 14.2 |
Bacon | 11,228 | 8,359 | 946 | 71.9 | 0.3 | 21 |
Candler | 10,827 | 8,111 | 1,032 | 73.2 | 0 | 17.4 |
Chattahoochee | 10,767 | 8,450 | 410 | 67.3 | 0 | 16.6 |
Evans | 10,727 | 7,887 | 1,079 | 78.1 | 0.3 | 15.2 |
Lanier | 10,366 | 7,724 | 865 | 63.2 | 0 | 27.2 |
Early | 10,348 | 7,770 | 1,448 | 76.6 | 0.1 | 15.8 |
Wilkes | 9,884 | 7,825 | 1,713 | 71.3 | 0 | 19.7 |
Johnson | 9,730 | 7,801 | 1,065 | 71.1 | 0 | 17.7 |
Irwin | 9,268 | 7,258 | 929 | 66.1 | 0.1 | 25.8 |
Wilkinson | 9,078 | 6,991 | 1,192 | 72.1 | 0 | 14.9 |
Montgomery | 9,036 | 7,139 | 935 | 71.6 | 0 | 17.3 |
Terrell | 8,859 | 6,795 | 1,545 | 72.8 | 0.2 | 19.2 |
Wilcox | 8,846 | 7,154 | 775 | 71.7 | 0.8 | 25.5 |
Jenkins | 8,827 | 6,787 | 1,127 | 67.5 | 0.1 | 23.6 |
Hancock | 8,535 | 7,327 | 1,889 | 78 | 0.2 | 15.6 |
Marion | 8,484 | 6,839 | 1,011 | 76.8 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
Seminole | 8,437 | 6,622 | 879 | 62.3 | 0.1 | 26.5 |
Twiggs | 8,284 | 6,688 | 1,435 | 73.6 | 0.5 | 15.2 |
Atkinson | 8,265 | 6,001 | 477 | 62.1 | 0 | 30 |
Taylor | 8,193 | 6,499 | 1,137 | 68.5 | 1.7 | 21.1 |
Turner | 7,962 | 6,027 | 811 | 64.6 | 0 | 23.6 |
Wheeler | 7,939 | 6,595 | 550 | 70.4 | 0.2 | 20.5 |
Lincoln | 7,799 | 6,279 | 1,531 | 70.7 | 0 | 19.8 |
Randolph | 7,087 | 5,263 | 943 | 71.8 | 0 | 18.8 |
Treutlen | 6,777 | 5,195 | 804 | 72 | 0.7 | 19.5 |
Clinch | 6,743 | 4,933 | 499 | 71.9 | 0 | 17.6 |
Calhoun | 6,428 | 5,278 | 747 | 79.1 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
Talbot | 6,378 | 5,260 | 1,565 | 76 | 0 | 16.8 |
Stewart | 6,042 | 5,245 | 637 | 75.8 | 0.3 | 13.2 |
Miller | 5,836 | 4,497 | 649 | 75 | 0.3 | 15.6 |
Warren | 5,346 | 4,218 | 990 | 74.3 | 0 | 17.9 |
Schley | 5,211 | 3,977 | 431 | 73.5 | 0 | 22.3 |
Echols | 3,994 | 3,133 | 239 | 65.7 | 0 | 29.7 |
Baker | 3,189 | 2,559 | 516 | 72.5 | 0 | 19 |
Glascock | 3,009 | 2,305 | 382 | 68.3 | 0 | 25.9 |
Webster | 2,613 | 1,988 | 455 | 77.1 | 0 | 13.8 |
Quitman | 2,276 | 1,855 | 314 | 73.6 | 0 | 18.5 |
Taliaferro | 1,665 | 1,423 | 376 | 80.3 | 0.5 | 14.4 |