Absentee ballots ready after three-week delay

ATLANTA - Absentee ballots are available for military personnel and overseas residents in all but one Georgia county, after a delay of almost three weeks. <br> <br> Twenty-five days remain until the November 5 general election. Some voters will have to get their ballots back to Georgia to meet that deadline. <br> <br> In order to be counted, ballots must be returned by the time the polls close at 7 p.m. on election day. <br> <br> Randolph County in southwest Georgia is the only county where absentee ballots are not available. Qualifying for a special election in one county commission race ends Friday. <br> <br> But county officials have not received any ballot requests from overseas voters so far. <br> <br> Counties missed the deadline because of this year&#39;s compressed election schedule.

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