The deadline to cure (correct) your absentee ballot is November 8, 2024. If the county registrar finds an issue with your submitted photo ID or supplemental documents, then the county will contact you and provide you with a document for you to submit the necessary ID to verify your ballot. If you do not have photo identification when you go to vote, you will be allowed to vote a provisional ballot which you must cure (correct) by providing proper photo ID to the registrar by November 8, 2024. You can check the status of your ballot using your state’s online tool. 

Click here to visit the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission website. For information on federal campaign contributions, please visit Open Secrets. 

Candidate and ballot information can be found here.

Each county has different drop box locations. Please contact your local elections official for you specific counties drop box locations.

Early voting access has recently been modified for most counties, adding an additional mandatory Saturday and formally classifying Sunday voting hours as optional. Counties can have early voting open as long as 7 a.m. to 7 pm or 9 am to 5 pm at a minimum.

Find available early voting locations by visiting the Secretary of State’s website and selecting your county of residence from the list. You can also find available sites by logging into your My Voter Page and looking at your polling place information.

Note: A recent change prohibits a mobile poll or early voting bus except during an emergency declared by the governor.

Your next election date can be found here https://www.vote411.org/georgia.

For more election information contact your county clerk.

To be eligible to vote 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 17.5 years old to register, and 18 years old to vote
• Not serving any sentence imposed by the conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude
• Not judicially determined to be mentally incompetent

Incarcerated Voters & Returning Citizens: 

In Georgia, conviction of a felony generally results in loss of voting rights. Your right to vote is automatically restored upon completion of your sentence(s), including probation, parole, and payment of fines. Note: Certain felony sentences may not affect your voting rights. Pretrial detention and misdemeanors do not impact your voting rights. For a comprehensive guide on voting rights restoration in Georgia, please refer to your state’s resources.

Voters without traditional residence: 

Georgia residents without a fixed address and those experiencing homelessness retain their right to vote. They can register using the location where they currently stay, such as a bridge, park, or shelter, as their residence. However, they must provide a mailing address, which can be supplied by a shelter provider, to receive voter-related correspondence.

To register to vote online, you must have:

• a valid driver’s license or  
• identification card issued by the Georgia Department of Driver Services.  

If you are a first-time voter and returning your registration form by mail in Georgia, you must include one form of ID unless you provide your Georgia driver's license/ID number.

Other acceptable forms of ID include:

• A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document showing your name and address.

You may mail a copy of your ID with your voter registration application, provide a copy during the absentee voting process, or show one of these IDs when voting at your polling place.

ID is required to vote at the polls.

Acceptable forms of ID include:

• A Georgia driver's license, even if expired
• A photo ID issued by a state or federal government agency
• A valid U.S. passport
• An employee ID card containing your photograph and issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. government, Georgia, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of Georgia
• A valid U.S. military ID card
• A valid tribal ID card.

If you do not have one of the above forms of ID, the State of Georgia offers a free Voter Identification Card.

For more information on the acceptable forms of photo ID and the free Voter Identification Card, please visit your state's resource.

Voters can call or text 844-338-8743 at any time to reach VoteRiders Voter ID Helpline

Official results are not available on Election Day. Election officials are working around the clock to count an unprecedented number of ballots, and it’s essential that they take the time to make sure every vote is counted.

Absentee ballots begin being counted on Election Day. Provisional ballots are counted 3 days after Election Day.

It could take a couple of days for all the ballots to be counted. Official election results will be uploaded on Georgia’s Secretary of State website as they become available. 

NOTE: The Georgia State Election Board has adopted new rules for counting ballots. To stay informed and understand how these updates might impact the tabulation process, please visit the Secretary of State's website for more details.

You are a Military or Overseas voter if you are in uniformed services, living overseas OR a spouse or dependent of a uniformed services voter. To get registered and vote, you can utilize Overseas Vote Foundation.

If you have additional questions about elections and voting overseas you can use our state specific elections official directory or contact the Overseas Vote Foundation.

You can make sure we have safe, fair, and efficient elections for all. Become a poll worker today!

In order to be a poll worker in Georgia, you must:

• Be at least 16 years of age
• Be a resident of the county that you apply for
• Complete required training

You will be entitled to compensation.

For further information and poll worker applications by county click here. Additionally, you may contact the office of your local elections official here. 

Polls are open from 7:00 am until 7:00 pm on Election Day. Any voter who is waiting in line to vote at 7:00 pm will be allowed to vote.

You can find your polling place by utilizing your state resource. If you have further questions on your polling place location, please contact your county clerk.

Georgia is an “open primary” state. You can choose the party’s ballot you wish to vote. This decision does not register you with that party and it is a private decision.

In a primary election if a candidate does not with the majority of the votes (50%+1) there will be a primary runoff election scheduled for a few weeks after the primary election date. The runoff election will have the top two vote getters to ensure that one of them receives the majority of the voters.

If you have any questions about your state’s primary election, please contact your local election officials.

Provisional voting allows you to cast a ballot in person even if the requirements for doing so cannot be met at the time. The provisional ballot will count if the problem is solved within three days after Election Day.

NOTE: Due to a recent change, out-of-precinct provisional ballots will not count anymore unless cast after 5 p.m. and a voter signs a statement saying they could not make it to their home precinct in time.

The three reasons for voting a provisional ballot are:

• You are unable to show the required forms of photo ID when you vote in person
• When you first registered to vote in Georgia you registered by mail, did not provide any identification at the time and are unable to present acceptable identification the first time you vote in person
• Your name does not appear on the list of registered voters in the precinct
• If you have a good faith belief you are properly registered in your county

If you vote a provisional ballot because you did not have acceptable identification, you will have three days from the close of the polls to present acceptable identification to your county registrar office for your vote to count. You can track the status of your provisional ballot here.

You may receive assistance at the polls if you are unable to read the English language or if you have a physical disability that renders you unable to see or mark the ballot, operate the voting equipment, or enter the voting booth. In order to receive assistance, everyone, except those that are blind, must take an oath stating the reason they need assistance.

The person providing assistance to you must sign on the oath. When there is a federal candidate on the ballot, you can select anyone you want to assist you in voting, except for your employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or agent of your union. When there is no federal candidate on the ballot, you can select any other resident of the precinct or a parent, sibling, spouse or child (provided they are not a candidate on the ballot or a relative of a candidate on the ballot) to assist you inside the voting booth. No person may assist more than ten voters in a primary, election, or runoff.

Note: Between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:30 pm on the day of an election, voters who are 75 years of age or older or who are physically disabled may, upon request to a poll officer, vote immediately without waiting in line.

Adaptive Voting Machines are available that voters can use to navigate through the ballot and make their selections— a hand-held controller called the Audio Tactile Interface (ATI), sip and puff device, or paddle device.

For more information, you can utilize the American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD) resource or your state's resource.

In Georgia, you must be registered at least 30 days before an election to vote in that election. You can register to vote at any time.

HOW CAN I CHECK MY REGISTRATION STATUS?

You can verify your voter registration status using Georgia’s voter information tool.

HOW DO I UPDATE MY REGISTRATION IF I MOVE OR HAVE A NAME CHANGE? 

The easiest method to update your information is by submitting a new registration application. The county registrar will review your current registration and update it with the information from your new application. You can also change your legal name online.

Employers must grant employees two hours of paid leave to vote, unless polls are open 2 hours before or after regular working shift. This time may be paid depending on location.

To verify your voter registration status

The voting system used in Georgia is DRE.

Direct Recording Electronic (DRE): This is the newest kind of system in use in the U.S. All the information about who and what you are voting for is on an electronic screen like a TV or computer screen.

There are many variations of DREs because lots of companies are inventing new ones, and many cities, counties and states are trying them out. Usually, after you have signed in, the poll workers will give you a card that you slide into a device to start your voting session.

Some of these devices will show all of the candidates and ballot choices on one big screen. Often, with these big screen devices you push a button next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for (or yes or no on a ballot measure). On other DREs, the screen is set up to show pages. On each screen or page, there will probably be one thing to vote on. For example, on one screen or page, you might vote for president. Then you might move to the next page to vote for senator. Often these small-screen devices have a touch screen, where you touch the screen next to the name of the person you want to vote for. Other devices have a key pad. Some have a keyboard, so you can write in the name of someone you want to vote for.

You let the system know you are finished voting by pushing a button, touching the screen or entering something on a keypad.

You can learn more about voting systems by checking out the Elections Assistance Commission's (EAC) resource.