Elections for the Presidential Preference Primary will be Feb. 5, and the deadline for registration is approaching quickly.

According to the Carroll County Board of Elections and Registrations Web site (carrollgaelections.com), the deadline to register to vote in the primary is Jan. 7. Registration Coordinator Janice Duff said that for those registering through the mail, applications must be postmarked by Jan. 7.

Voter registration forms can be obtained at public libraries, city halls, county fire stations, on the Board of Elections Web site, or at www.sos.ga.gov/elections.

Although advanced voting will be available during the week preceding the election, Duff said that some voters are eligible to vote at the Board of Elections office now. Some of those eligible to vote early include elderly voters older than 75, voters with disabilities, caretakers of those with disabilities, and election officials affiliated with the election process. A full list of qualifications can be found on the Board of Elections Web site.

“Right now, to come into the office they have to meet one of those reasons,” Duff said.

Advance voting will be available at the Carroll County Board of Elections office in Carrollton from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Jan. 28-Feb. 1.

“Advance voting is always the week before the election, and anyone can come into the office at that time and vote just because they want to,” Duff said.

Another voting option is absentee ballots, which can be requested by calling the Board of Elections at 770-830-5823 or downloaded from its Web site. Duff said any eligible voter can request absentee ballots, but the ballots must arrive at the elections office by 7 p.m. on Feb. 5.

Duff said that the Presidential Preference Primary will be the only issue on the ballot Feb. 5, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. She said that voting precincts will be open on election day, and voters must vote at their assigned polling stations. A list of polling stations is available on the Board of Elections Web site.

Meanwhile, on the campaign trail:

A new poll of the Republican race in Iowa suggested that Mike Huckabee’s surprise surge in Iowa may have stalled - his lead over Mitt Romney evaporated. A victory here for Romney would send the former Massachusetts governor to his neighboring New Hampshire with a head of steam.

Much is at stake: Iowa kicks off the election process Thursday with Democratic and Republican caucuses that could propel two candidates to the nomination. New Hampshire votes just five days after Iowa.

Polls show Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards tied for the lead in Iowa. Clinton and Obama are closely bunched in New Hampshire, too, where voters are often influenced by the results in Iowa.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.