Registering to Vote

Para información en español sobre las elecciones, visite:
http://usinfo.state.gov/espanol/elec2004/pamphlet/procedure.htm


Voter Qualifications

To register to vote in the state of Georgia, you must be:

• A citizen of the United States
• A legal resident of Georgia and of the county in which you wish to vote
• At least 18 years of age by Election Day.

Also, you may not register to vote if you are currently:

• Serving any sentence imposed by the conviction of a felony
• Judicially determined to be mentally incompetent

In the state of Georgia, you do not have to register by political party to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections.

You may register to vote at any time, but you must be registered by the close of registration prior to an election if you wish to vote on election day, i.e., the application must be postmarked by the voter registration deadline.

If you are registering for the first time in Georgia, and you register by mail, you are required to show one of the 17 acceptable types of identification by:

• Mailing a copy of the identification with your voter registration application.
• Providing a copy of the identification to the registrar during the absentee voting process.
• By showing one of the 17 pieces of acceptable identification when voting at the polling place.

Voter Registration

Georgia citizens have access to several convenient methods of registering to vote:

• Download and complete a voter registration application.
  
  
• Contact your local county board of registrars' office or election office, public library, public assistance office, recruitment office, schools and other government offices for a mail-in registration form.
  
  
• E-mail your request for a voter registration form to sosweb@sos.state.ga.us, or write us at Office of the Secretary of State, Elections Division, Suite 1104 West Tower, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1505. Please include your name and mailing address.
  
  
• "Motor Voter" registration is offered when you renew or apply for your driver's license at Department of Motor Vehicle Safety driver’s license posts.
  
  
• College students can obtain Georgia voter registration forms, or the necessary forms to register in any state in the U.S., from their school registrar's office or from the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.