Georgia's advance voting turnout light.

Byline: Ruth Finch

Jul. 15--Casting a ballot before election day is more possible than ever in Georgia this year, but that doesn't mean it's been popular, local election officials said. "It's been awfully slow this time. We expected more," Jeanette Paraham, election registrar in Chattooga County, said about activity prior to Tuesday's primary elections.

New laws have gone into effect that make this the second election in which advance voting has been staged, and this is the first statewide election with relaxed rules for absentee voting. Advance voting was approved in 2003 and allows voters to bypass the election day lines and stop by their county …