The special election for the open State Senate District 21 seat is heading to a runoff, with in-person advance voting beginning on September 13.

Registered voters can cast their ballots from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. that Saturday at either the Milton Library (855 Mayfield Road) or Alpharetta Library (10 Park Plaza in Alpharetta, which also will have a drop-box). They can also vote early at those two locations – between 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. – on the subsequent Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (so through September 19) of that same week. (Note: There is no Sunday in-person advance voting.)

The deadline to submit an absentee ballot application, meanwhile, for this runoff election is Friday, September 12. You can do just that via this link: https://securemyabsenteeballot.sos.ga.gov/s/.

This runoff’s Election Day is on September 23. Registered voters can cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. that Tuesday only at their assigned polling place. To find yours and determine if you live in Senate District 21, go to the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/.

This runoff is necessary because no candidate secured over 50% of the vote after the August 26 Special Election Day. The victor will fill the State Senate District 21 position previously held by Brandon Beach.