Get Set To Vote, Georgia!

"To register to vote you must:

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

* Any felony, according to the Secretary of State's interpretation. All fines, fees, restitution, and associated penalties must be paid before one may vote. The ACLU has been challenging the need to pay all fees as a poll tax, so that may change.

Fillable, printable, postage paid PDF at http://sos.ga.gov/admin/files/Voter_Registration_Application_8-10.pdf

You can also obtain a mail-in registration form at your

• local county board of registrars' office or election office,
• public library,
• public assistance office,
• recruitment office,
• schools, and
• other government offices

If you are a college student, the Registrar's Office or the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs will have the necessary forms to register by mail for any state.

You may also use the national form https://www.eac.gov/voters/national-mail-voter-registration-form/

One of the following, with preference order (use the first one you have)

1. Driver License
2. Non-driver State (Voter) ID
3. Social Security Number
4. Being assigned a number

Keep in mind that although you can register to vote with your Social Security Number, etc., you will need an approved ID to vote.

• Valid U.S. passport (or expired for less than 10 years).
• Original or certified U.S. birth certificate.

• Your Social Security card.
• A W-2 with your name and at least part of your SSN.

• A utility bill dated within the last 2 years.
• A financial statement dated within the last 2 years.

Any valid state or federal government issued photo ID, including a free ID Card issued by your county registrar's office or the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS)

• A Georgia Driver's License, even if expired
• Valid employee photo ID from any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. Government, Georgia, or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity of this state
• Valid U.S. passport ID
• Valid U.S. military photo ID
• Valid tribal photo ID

If you don't have any of the above, you can get a free Voter ID Card at any county registrar's office or Department of Driver Services Office. You will need to register before applying for a Voter ID Card.

You will need:

• A photo identity document or approved non-photo identity document that includes full legal name and date of birth
• Documentation showing the voter's date of birth
• Evidence that the applicant is a registered voter
• Documentation showing the applicant's name and residential address

• Check your voter registration.
• Keep checking your registration.

Georgia has ongoing controversy over voter roll purges and that's after a long approval process.

One of the government sites says to give the county 3 - 4 weeks to process the registration application before any follow-up. This can take time, but check back on how your registration is progressing, as Georgia's process of matching voting registration applications to ID records has in the past mistakenly disqualified people from registration. You don't want to simply assume your application has gone through because you applied in a timely manner. You don't want to assume that your registration is still there just because it was there before.