Early voting has begun!

EARLY VOTING STARTED OCTOBER 17th!

Election Day is November 8th.

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JOIN ME AND STACEY THIS WEEK FOR EARLY VOTING!

I plan to vote this Thursday at the Emory Early Voting Site at 1599 Clifton Road. Please make YOUR plan, too!

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2022 GENERAL/SPECIAL ELECTION ADVANCE VOTING AND DROP BOX LOCATIONS

Monday - Friday (Oct. 17 - Nov. 4)  7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturdays (Oct. 22 & 29)8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sundays (Oct. 23 & 30)noon - 5 p.m.

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English-Spanish Advance Voting Locations Available October 17 - November 4

Berean Christian Church

2201 Young Road

Stone Mountain, Ga 30088

Dekalb Voter Registration & Elections Office **

4380 Memorial Drive Ste. 300

Decatur, Ga 30032

Bessie Branham Recreation Center

2051 Delano Drive Ne

Atlanta, Ga 30317

North Dekalb Senior Center

3393 Malone Dr

Chamblee, Ga 30341

Briarwood Recreation **

2235 Briarwood Way Ne

Atlanta, Ga 30329

Gallery At South Dekalb (S. Dekalb Mall) **

2801 Candler Rd

Decatur, Ga 30034

Stonecrest-Former Sam’s Club **

2994 Turner Hill Rd

Stonecrest, Ga 30038

County Line-Ellenwood Library

4331 River Road

Ellenwood, GA 30294

Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library **

5234 Lavista Road

Tucker, Ga 30084

Dunwoody Library **

5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road

Dunwoody, Ga 30338

Wesley Chapel Library

2861 Wesley Chapel Road

Decatur, Ga 30034

Emory University

1599 Clifton Road

Atlanta, Ga 30322

Wade Walker YMCA

5605 Rockbridge Rd SW

Stone Mountain, GA 30088

** These locations also contain drop boxes

(available during voting hours)

Additional Advance Voting Locations Only Available

October 29 - November 4

Beulah Missionary Baptist Church

2340 Clifton Springs Road

Decatur, Ga. 30034

Clarkston Library

951 N Indian Creek

Clarkston, Ga. 30321

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MORE INFORMATION FOR VOTERS

• Early in-person voting is a quick and easy way to vote — it’s faster, has shorter waits, and you can vote at any polling place in DeKalb County!
  

• Election Day is the last day to vote, not the first! You can vote early in person Monday through Sunday! Making a plan to early vote gives YOU control, so you can make sure life doesn’t get in the way of making sure your voice gets heard.
  

• If you’ve already requested an absentee ballot, you can still decide to go vote early in person – just let the poll worker know that you no longer plan on voting absentee.
  

• Visit GeorgiaDemocrat.org/vote or call the hotline at 888-730-5816 for help voting by absentee ballot.
  

• All absentee ballots must be received by your county elections office by November 8. You can use a dropbox, but the new law only allows you to access them inside voting locations and during regular work hours.
  

• Have any questions or issues? Just call or text the voter protection hotline at 888-730-5816. The voter protection hotline is available in six languages – English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, and Vietnamese.

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WANT A YARD SIGN? I LOVE YARD SIGNS - IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

Mary Margaret will deliver a sign right to your yard when you sign up HERE. Yard signs are a fun and easy way to let your neighbors know you're on Team MMO!

Request a Yard Sign

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HOW DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

There will be constitutional amendments and statewide referendums on the November 8^th ballot. I intend to vote yes on all of them, and will be reporting further on ballot initiatives in the next newsletter. Here is further information for your consideration: https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_2022_ballot_measures

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MMO IN THE NEWS

AJC writer Carrie Teegarden's outstanding series Children in Crisis on Georgia's mental health system for children sheds light on what I have been working on for years. I am quoted in two articles in the series.

Please read and learn.

• October 7th - Children in Crisis: How Georgia's mental health system is failing kids
• October 14th - Critics say Children’s Healthcare should do more to fill gaps in mental health system

"Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, who co-sponsored the wide-ranging mental health parity legislation that became state law this year, said that for 10 years she has urged Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to do that.“There’s no question that CHOA is the state’s premier children’s hospital,” Oliver said. “They’re going to save the life of your child who may have cancer or a nightmare of a congenital heart defect. And there’s no question that people all over Georgia will bring their very sick child to CHOA,” Oliver said. “But that does not mean that they’re serving children with intensive psychiatric needs. . . . I want them to do more, and there are many other people in Georgia that want them to do more for the children who are in crisis, based on mental illness.”

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORK CONTINUES

SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS OCTOBER 27

I continue to work on a daily basis on behavioral health issues. I'll be chairing the Behavioral Health Reform & Innovation Commission Workforce & System Development Subcommittee meeting on Thursday, October 27th at 1:00pm on workforce issues. We will meet in-person and the meeting will also be livestreamed - tune in through this website. I'm working on this everyday. https://www.house.ga.gov/Committees/en-US/BehavioralHealthReformandInnovationCommission.aspx

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I LOVE LUCKOVICH!

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OUT AND ABOUT

Thanks to Mason Woods Neighborhood Association for hosting another ice cream social! Jeff Rader, Michelle Long Spears and I enjoyed visiting with new and longtime residents. I particularly appreciated talking with the McAdams family about our mental health reform efforts.

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Huge crowd for Bee Nguyen and Stacey Abrams on October 11th! We owe these amazing women our votes - and anything else we can do to help them win. Thank you Stacey and Bee!

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PRIDE PARADE!!!! Senator Nan Orrock, Lavon Lacey and I are tagging along, celebrating with a zillion happy people!

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OAKHURST PORCHFEST: GORGEOUS DAY FOR CAMPAIGNING ACROSS HD 82! Caroline Herring, Sam and Joe Crespino are stars! And Brookhaven City Councilman John Funny and I enjoyed the LAVISTA Park fall festival - all volunteers deserve big time thanks!

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I enjoyed attending a WIN event at the home of Stephanie Blank. Great to see Cathy Bradshaw!

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I LOVE the Atlanta Master Chorale! A much needed break from politics.

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An autumn view from my North Georgia cabin porch.

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QUICK LINKS FOR YOU

You can search for and track bills, watch the House (or Senate) in Session, watch committee hearings, monitor legislation by committee, and find contact information —- all on the revamped General Assembly website. Here are quick links:

• General Assembly website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/
• House Session meetings and many committee hearings are available to watch online: https://www.legis.ga.gov/house
• Archived videos of meetings and hearings: https://www.legis.ga.gov/house/media-services

Make your views known. Write to the leaders:

• House Speaker David Ralston david.ralston@house.ga.gov (404) 656-5020
• House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones jan.jones@house.ga.gov (404) 656-5072
• House Majority Leader Jon Burns jon.burns@house.ga.gov (404)656-5052
• Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan geoff.Duncan@ltgov.ga.gov (404) 656-5030
• Senator Butch Miller President Pro-Tempore butch.miller@senate.ga.gov (404) 656-6578
• Senator Mike Dugan Senate Majority Leader mike.dugan@senate.ga.gov (404) 656-7872
• Sen. Max Burns, Chair, Senate Ethics Committee max.burns@senate.ga.gov (404) 656-7586

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