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Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-170 Nomination of candidates by petition; form of petition; signatures; limitations as to circulation and amendment of petitions; listing of such candidates on ballots; charter or ordinance authorization

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 4: Selection and Qualification of Candidates and Presidential Electors Part 3: Nomination and Qualification of Independent Candidates, Candidates of Political Bodies, and Presidential Electors

Topics: Petition Requirements Qualifications - Candidates Voter Eligibility Write-Ins

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-213 County deputy registrars; clerical help; appointment of county officer or employee as chief deputy registrar

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Election Costs Qualifications - Election Officials Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-213.1 Monthly contingent expense allowance for the operation of the office of the board of registrars

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Election Costs Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-214 Qualifications of registrars and deputy registrars; prohibited political activities; oath of office; privilege from arrest; duties conducted in public

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Election Offenses Qualifications - Election Officials Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-215 Main office of board of registrars; location; business hours; additional registration places; educators to serve as deputy registrars; training; registration cards and papers

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Record Retention and Confidentiality Election Security Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-216 Qualifications of electors generally; reregistration of electors purged from list; eligibility of nonresidents who vote in presidential elections; retention of qualification for standing as elector; evidence of citizenship; check of convicted felons and deceased persons databases

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Record Retention and Confidentiality Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-217 Rules for determining residence

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-218 Cancellation of registration in former state or county; address changes and corrections

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-219 Registration cards; form; registration by members of armed forces or merchant marine and permanent overseas citizen; Secretary of State to provide information regarding registration and absentee ballot procedures; reports regarding absentee ballots

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: HAVA Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-220 Application for registration; identification requirement; rejection for failure to provide required information or for submission of false information; aid to disabled or illiterate

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Accessibility and Voter Assistance Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-220.1 Required documentation for voter registration

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-221 Driver's license or identification card application as application for voter registration

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Automatic Registration Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-221.1 Voter registration incorporated into resident hunting, fishing, or trapping license; design of forms; record keeping; opting out by businesses selling alcohol for on-premises consumption

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Automatic Registration Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-221.2 Voter registration application for electronic voter registration

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Election Security Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-222 Designated voter registration agencies and offices; definitions; duties of agencies and offices

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Definitions Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Accessibility and Voter Assistance Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-223 Mail voter registration application forms

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-224 Registration deadlines; restrictions on voting in primaries; official list of electors; voting procedure when portion of county changed from one county to another

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Deadlines - Registration Voter Registration Voter List Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-225 Restrictions on public inspection of applications for voter registration and data on electors; membership of Secretary of State in nongovernmental entity for purpose of improving voter registration systems

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Information Requests and Open Records Record Retention and Confidentiality Cybersecurity Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-225.1 Confidentiality of address of registered electors; term of request; procedure

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Information Requests and Open Records Record Retention and Confidentiality Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-226 Duties of county board in determining eligibility of voters; maps of municipal boundaries; notice of ineligibility; issuance of registration cards; reimbursement for postage cost

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter List Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-229 Challenge of applicant for registration by other electors; notice and hearing; right of appeal; sanctions for board's noncompliance

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Enforcement Election Offenses Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Challenges

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-230 Challenge of persons on list of electors by other electors; procedure; hearing; right of appeal

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Vote Counting and Canvassing Voter Eligibility Voter Challenges Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-231 Identification of convicted felons, noncitizens, persons declared mentally incompetent, and deceased persons and process for removal of such persons from list of electors; inactive voter list

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-232 Removal of elector's name from list of electors

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-233 Comparison of change of address information supplied by United States Postal Service with electors list; removal from list of electors; notice to electors

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-234 Electors who have failed to vote and with whom there has been no contact in five years; confirmation notice requirements and procedure; time for completion of list maintenance activities

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-235 Inactive list of electors

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-236 Periods of retention of registration cards, applications, and records of list maintenance activities; rules and regulations regarding safekeeping and maintenance of electronic records

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 6: Registration of Voters

Topics: Record Retention and Confidentiality Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-290 Superintendent to provide number of ballots equal to number of registered electors in precinct

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 8: Voting by Paper Ballot

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-381 Making of application for absentee ballot; determination of eligibility by ballot clerk; furnishing of applications to colleges and universities; persons entitled to make application

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 10: Absentee Voting

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Accessibility and Voter Assistance Application Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-381.1 Procedures for voting with special write-in absentee ballots by qualified absentee electors

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 10: Absentee Voting

Topics: Voter Eligibility Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting Write-Ins

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-381.2 State write-in absentee ballot for certain electors

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 10: Absentee Voting

Topics: Contents and Design Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting Write-Ins

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-384 Preparation and delivery of supplies; mailing of ballots; oath of absentee electors and persons assisting absentee electors; master list of ballots sent; challenges; special absentee run-off ballots; electronic transmission of ballots

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 10: Absentee Voting

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter List Voter Challenges Distributing Ballots Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-386 Procedures regarding absentee ballots

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 10: Absentee Voting

Topics: Election Security Responsibilities - Election Officials Certification and Reporting Results Voter List Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-401 Delivery of forms and supplies to precincts; distribution of copy of certified electors list; contents of list; authentication; return receipts; master list of county or municipal electors; items to be provided at polling place

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Polling Places Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter List Voter Education and Outreach Voting Equipment and Technology

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-407 Duty of registrars to review qualifications of electors who may have been erroneously omitted from list of electors; authority to place such electors on the list

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-411 Return of checked list of electors and voter's certificates to superintendent; disposition of list and certificates by registrars

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Record Retention and Confidentiality Responsibilities - Election Officials Certification and Reporting Results Voter List

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-417 Presentation of proper identification to poll workers; swearing of statement when unable to produce; use of provisional ballots; penalty for false swearing

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Provisional Voting Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-417.1 Voter identification card

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter ID

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-418 Provisional ballots

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 1: General Provisions

Topics: Voter Registration Voter List Provisional Voting Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting Voting Equipment and Technology

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-431 Execution of voter's certificate; procedure upon qualification of elector; elector unable to sign name; voting outside precinct of residence; registration as prerequisite to voting

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 2: Precincts Using Paper Ballots

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Certification and Reporting Results Voter Registration Accessibility and Voter Assistance

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-433 Admission of electors to enclosed space; detachment of ballots from stubs and distribution of ballots to electors; return of canceled ballots to superintendent

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 2: Precincts Using Paper Ballots

Topics: Polling Places Election Security Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter Challenges

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-451 Execution of voter's certificate; procedure upon qualification of elector; elector unable to sign name; voting outside of precinct of residence; registration prerequisite to voting

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 11: Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections Part 3: Precincts Using Voting Machines

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Eligibility Voter List Accessibility and Voter Assistance

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-561 False registration

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 15: Miscellaneous Offenses

Topics: Enforcement Election Offenses Voter Registration

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-571 Voting by unqualified elector or giving false information

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 15: Miscellaneous Offenses

Topics: Enforcement Election Offenses Voter Eligibility

Georgia Statute

§ 21-2-573 Absentee voting by unqualified elector

Code: Title 21: Elections Chapter 2: Elections and Primaries Generally Article 15: Miscellaneous Offenses

Topics: Enforcement Election Offenses Voter Eligibility Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Georgia Regulation

§ 183-1-6-.01 Acceptance of Voter Registration Applications

Code: Department 183: Rules of State Election Board Chapter 183-1: Georgia Election Code Subject 183-1-6: Registration of Electors

Topics: Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Regulation

§ 183-1-6-.03 Rules and Regulations for Voter Registration by Registrars and Deputy Registrars

Code: Department 183: Rules of State Election Board Chapter 183-1: Georgia Election Code Subject 183-1-6: Registration of Electors

Topics: Qualifications - Candidates Election Offenses Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration

Georgia Regulation

§ 183-1-6-.04 Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Voters

Code: Department 183: Rules of State Election Board Chapter 183-1: Georgia Election Code Subject 183-1-6: Registration of Electors

Topics: Definitions Polling Places Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Accessibility and Voter Assistance

Georgia Regulation

§ 183-1-6-.05 Registration of Persons by College Presidents or Their Designees

Code: Department 183: Rules of State Election Board Chapter 183-1: Georgia Election Code Subject 183-1-6: Registration of Electors

Topics: Record Retention and Confidentiality Responsibilities - Election Officials Voter Registration Special Voter Programs

Georgia Topics Voter Registration

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