I live in Atlanta. I voted early for the primary, before they "rescheduled" the primary to June. I also received an absentee ballot in the mail after it was rescheduled. Since I had already voted early, I just chucked the absentee ballot. I'm betting a lot of people voted early, got an absentee ballot and filled it out and sent it in.
All of that said, we know of the 1000 extra votes because that's the whole fucking point of elections having election workers, so it's no big deal to cancel out the extra vote...just cancel whichever came first, or last, for everyone. I don't care which.
Problem solved.
I'm not quite sure why people don't vote early. I vote at South DeKalb Mall at the first opportunity during early voting, typically 3 weeks before election day.
Vote early, in person. If you have to vote by mail, TURN YOUR BALLOT IN INSIDE THE PRECINCT.
Freedom ain't free.