Voter Registration in Georgia: A Comprehensive Guide

To Register To Vote In Georgia, you must meet the following requirements:

• Be a citizen of the United States.
• Be a legal resident of the county.
• Be at least 17 1/2 years old to register and 18 years old to vote.
• Not be serving a sentence for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.
• Not have been found mentally incompetent by a judge.

You can register to vote online through the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks for your county to process your application.

Georgia citizens can register to vote in a number of convenient ways:

• Download and complete a voter registration application and mail it in.
• Visit your local county registrar’s office, elections office, public library, public assistance office, recruitment office, schools, and other government offices to obtain a mail-in registration application.
• Register when you renew or apply for your driver’s license at the Department of Driver Services.
• College students can receive Georgia voter registration forms, or the necessary forms to register in any state in the U.S., from the registrar’s office at their school or from the Vice President of Academic Affairs office.

Voters are required to notify the board of registrars of their county of residence whenever they move.

If you move within the same county in which you are registered to vote and do not notify the registrar at least 30 days prior to an election, you may vote at your old polling place for that election. You must submit notification of your new address. This can be done by writing to your county board of registrars office or by submitting a new voter registration application.

If you move out of the county in which you are registered to vote within 30 days of an election, you may vote in your old precinct for that election.

If you move out of the county in which you are registered to vote more than 30 days prior to an election, you will lose your right to vote in your former county of residence. You must register to vote in your new county of residence. You will be assigned a new polling place. Registering to vote in Georgia is important so you can exercise your right as a citizen.

Voter registration deadlines for upcoming elections in Georgia are listed in the table below: