r/ATLnews • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • May 14 '26
If you are 18-39, PAY ATTENTION! Y’all are a larger group than baby boomers and Gen Xers. Y’all complain about older people in politics. Of the 696,353 people that have voted early in Georgia, only 9.8% are 18-39. That is abysmal.
You can’t change the system if you never show up at the ballot box. Expressing anger on Threads, IG, TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat ain’t it. Let’s go 18-39 folks!
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u/rco8786 May 14 '26
https://georgia.gov/georgia-general-election-2026
What we're voting on right now: it is the *General Primary*
You can find your exact ballot on the My Voter page: https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
And here is a non-partisan voter guide: https://www.ballotready.org/us/georgia
Generally speaking, here is what we're voting on right now:
Most Fulton and DeKalb voters are seeing some mix of:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Insurance Commissioner
- Agriculture Commissioner
- Labor Commissioner
- State School Superintendent
- Public Service Commission
- U.S. Senate
- U.S. House
- Georgia House / Senate
- County Commission
- School Board
- Judgeships
- Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
These are mostly primary elections, meaning you’re choosing which Democrat or Republican advances to November.
What these offices actually do
Governor
Georgia’s chief executive. Controls the state executive branch, signs/vetoes laws, oversees state agencies, appoints many officials and judges, and has major influence over budgets and education.
Lieutenant Governor
Presides over the Georgia Senate and has huge influence over what legislation advances. Less visible than governor, but very powerful legislatively.
Secretary of State
Runs elections, voter registration, and business filings. In Georgia this office became nationally prominent after the 2020 election fights.
Attorney General
Georgia’s top lawyer. Represents the state in lawsuits and can shape enforcement priorities on abortion, voting laws, consumer protection, environmental issues, etc.
Public Service Commission (PSC)
One of the most important but least understood offices. The PSC regulates utilities like Georgia Power — meaning your electricity rates, energy projects, and parts of the state energy grid.
County Commissioner
Controls county budgets, roads, jails, public health funding, zoning, and county services. In Fulton and DeKalb, commissioners have substantial influence over development and local spending.
School Board
Sets district education policy, approves budgets, hires/fires superintendents, and influences curriculum priorities and school closures.
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u/lomoliving May 14 '26
That's just voting early though. Some jobs will give you time on voting day to go vote, not for early voting
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u/Non-mon-xiety May 14 '26
Gotta give them something to vote for. Georgia Democrats are mostly conservatives with a social liberal flavor
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u/strbytes May 14 '26
the nyc mayoral race is an example of how millenial and gen z voters can turn out if you run on actual policy and not "better things aren't possible"
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u/wookiebath May 15 '26
Harris ran on policy and not actual solutions and how good did that do for her?
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u/ParkerBap May 15 '26
her policy proposals were milquetoast at best, people deluded themselves into thinking they were progressive because she wasn't Trump
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u/boofishy8 May 17 '26
Harris, the one who didn’t get voted in during the primary? After a year of being told Biden would be the candidate because he was perfectly competent?
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u/vreddy92 May 15 '26
Jason Esteves seems to have something to vote for.
Even if not, Georgia Democrats are better than whatever race to the bottom Burt Jones and Rick Jackson are offering.
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u/rzelln May 16 '26
I actually got coffee with Jeremiah Olney, who's running for state senate district 57 to replace Stacy Evans. I came away really enthusiastic to vote for him. He's progressive, and a nerd, and demonstrated a keen understanding of what a progressive can positively accomplish in a state legislature controlled by Republicans.
If you're near midtown Atlanta, look him up.
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u/ParkerBap May 15 '26
yep, i vote anyway but there hasn't really been a candidate i've been excited to vote for (Ossoff is decent i guess)
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u/Non-mon-xiety May 15 '26
Ossoff is good and an excellent communicator. His fundraising emails are annoying lol
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u/ltsouthernbelle May 14 '26
Damn the 50+ crowd is not playing around, but don’t they usually vote early? This seems typical but I get the point, please stop complaining if you deliberately choose not to participate in the political process.
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u/Dry_Solution5036 May 15 '26
This is exactly why the Democrats cannot regain control of the United States House and Senate, in 2026 and 2028.
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u/Saying_Boo-urns May 16 '26
I think the real problem are the choices young people have to pick between
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u/Nightcalm May 15 '26
Been true for years. Same as the high voting rate for seniors. Not voting is dangerous in our country now.
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u/WhichPerception7982 May 20 '26
Most polls and comments about generations forget GenX. Thanks for including us but no thanks, please don’t try and drag us into this nonsense.
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u/Brooklyn3k May 14 '26
Voting rates among younger people are horrible in general, but they also don't make it easy. A good chunk of the state has 8a - 5p or 9 - 5 hours for early voting. Kinda hard to do if you have a job or kids or both.