ATLANTA - Certification of election results in Georgia is a mandatory duty of local elections officials - not a discretionary decision - the state Court of Appeals has ruled.

Georgia election officials are trying to find inaccurate voter registrations of people registered at P.O. boxes or business addresses.

A Georgia appeals court has upheld a ruling requiring county election officials to certify results by legal deadlines.

The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that local election board members must certify election results by the deadline outlined in state law, rejecting the argument that they could refuse to certify results if they believed they were inaccurate.

In Clayton County, drop box locations include the Election & Registration Main Office, South Clayton Recreation Center, and Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center. See below for hours and voting polling locations. Monday, July 7-Friday, July 11 from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that election board members are required to certify election results even when they have concerns about fraud or errors.

Early voting in now underway in a runoff election for a seat on the state public service commission

There will be one week of early voting for the Democratic primary runoff for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission.

ATLANTA -- Georgia Republican Burt Jones made his long-telegraphed entry into the 2026 governor's race on Tuesday, touting his ties with President Donald Trump and pledging to eliminate Georgia's state income tax in a campaign video.

While local elections officials are empowered to request and review documents and share concern, they cannot refuse to certify election results, judge says.

The lieutenant governor of Georgia, Burt Jones, is hoping to make his title easier to spell next year with a run for governor.

The polls are open and Georgians can now cast their votes in the Public Service Commission Special Primary Runoff.