How closely have you been reading “How Georgia votes?” Take the quiz and find out

We don’t often create a quiz based on information from a single article, but this is an exception.

We consider voting, and the right to vote, so important to the civic life of everyone in Cobb County that we’ve been republishing articles written by the League of Women Voters of Georgia in a series entitled “How Georgia Votes.”

All the questions and answers in the quiz below were taken from this latest article in the series, “From Your Mailbox to the Count: The Journey of a Georgia Mail Ballot”, so to do well on the quiz you should first read the brief article at the link.

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1.

What information can Georgia election officials use to verify a voter’s mail ballot application?

A utility bill or bank statement

A driver’s license or state ID number, or the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number

The voter’s birth certificate number

The voter’s polling-place identification number

2.

Before election workers open a returned mail-ballot envelope, what do they check, according to the article?

The voter’s political-party registration

Whether the voter participated in the previous election

Whether ID information and signature requirements have been met

Whether the voter lives within five miles of a polling place

3.

What is the process called when a voter is given an opportunity to correct certain problems with a returned mail ballot?

Reconciliation

Certification

Curing

Adjudication

4.

What is the deadline stated in the article for applying for a mail ballot for the November 3 election?

October 5

October 13

October 23

October 30

5.

By what time must a completed mail ballot reach the county election office, according to the article?

Noon on November 3

5 p.m. on November 3

7 p.m. on November 3

Midnight on November 3

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To read the answers follow this link.