Georgia Politics, Campaigns, and Elections for May 19, 2026

Button Gwinnett died on May 19, 1777 of a gunshot wound received in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh.

On May 19-20, 1791, George Washington spent his second and third days in Augusta, where he visited Richmond Academy. Washington left Georgia on May 21, 1791 to go to Columbia, South Carolina.

Georgia ratified the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which governs voting for President and Vice President on May 19, 1804.

The Battle of Spotsylvania ended on May 19, 1864. In Georgia, the Affair at Cassville occurred on May 19, 1864.

On May 19, 1933, the Atlanta City Council voted to allow beer sales in the city. Prohibition was still in effect at the federal level at that time, but the President had signed the Cullen-Harrison Act that allowed sale of 3.2% beer effective April 7, 1933.

On May 19, 1977, “Smokey and the Bandit” was released.

Georgia Politics, Campaigns, and Elections

Today is Primary Election day in Georgia. If you haven’t already voted, you can click here to check your polling place locations. Today, you must vote in your assigned precinct, unlike early voting.

If you’re voting in the Republican Primary and are undecided among the candidates for Lieutenant Governor, 11Alive has one-on-one videos with the candidates.

DeKalb County voters in eight precincts will have a different voting location today, according to WSB-TV.

POLLING CHANGES IN DEKALB

• Cross Keys High School → Woodward Elementary School, Brookhaven
• Ashford Park Elementary → John Lewis Elementary, Brookhaven
• Champion Theme Middle → St. Michael All Angels Church, Stone Mountain
• Wynbrooke Elementary → Stephenson High School, Stone Mountain
• Idlewood Elementary → Stone Mountain Middle, Stone Mountain
• Murphey Candler Elementary → Arabia Mountain High, Stonecrest
• Sagamore Hills Elementary → Outlet Community Church, Atlanta
• Kingsley Elementary → Kingswood United Methodist, Dunwoody

Over 44,000 voters across DeKalb County will have a temporary polling place for the primary election.

Eight sites at schools needed to switch for Tuesday’s election day. All of them, including Sagamore Hills Elementary moving to Outlet Community Church, are within two-thirds of a mile.

“We try to not impact the voter tremendously, so they can stay close to their home precinct,” Dr. Jesse Harris, Deputy Director for DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections, told Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach.

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections put out signs at least a week in advance and mailed new precinct cards and notices to the impacted voters.

“We’ve also done social media campaigns, direct mailers, like I said, and also every platform, press release, public notice,” Harris said.

Unlike early voting where you can go to any site, voters must go to their assigned precinct on any election day.

The eight temporary polling places will be the same for June runoffs and there will be fewer days to early vote then. But the polling sites will return to their original locations for November’s general election.