Georgia Election Center

Last updated on November 3, 2016

Georgia voter registration

- In Person: 29 days before Election Day
- By Mail: 28 days before Election Day
- Online: 30 days before Election Day
To register in Georgia you must:
- be a citizen of the United States
- be a legal resident of Georgia and of the county in which you want to vote
- be 18 years old within six months after the day of registration, and be 18 years old to vote
- not be serving a sentence for having been convicted of a felony
- not have been judicially determined to be mentally incompetent, unless the disability has been removed
1. Use our Register to Vote Tool to fill out the National Voter Registration Form.
2. Sign and date your form. This is very important!
3. Mail or hand-deliver your completed form to the address we provide.
4. Make sure you register before the voter registration deadline.

1. Use our Absentee Ballot Tool to prepare your application.
2. Sign and date the form. This is very important!
3. Return your completed application to your Local Election Office as soon as possible. We’ll provide the mailing address for you.
4. All Local Election Offices will accept mailed or hand-delivered forms. If it’s close to the deadline, call and see if your Local Election Office will let you fax or email the application.
5. Make sure your application is received by the deadline. Your application must actually arrive by this time — simply being postmarked by the deadline is insufficient.
6. Please contact your Local Election Office if you have any further questions about the exact process.
1. Once you receive the ballot, carefully read and follow the instructions.
2. Sign and date where indicated.
3. Mail your voted ballot back to the address indicated on the return envelope.
4. Your voted ballot must arrive by the deadline or it will not be counted.

All Georgia voters who vote in person (including voting early) must provide one of the following forms of ID:
- Georgia driver’s license
- Georgia voter ID or other ID card issued by the State of Georgia, any other state, or the US government
- Employee photo ID issued by the US government, Georgia government, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other Georgia government entity
- US passport
- US military photo ID
- Student photo ID card issued by a Georgia public college, university, or technical school
- Valid tribal photo ID
If you’re not voting for the first time in Georgia, you don’t need to provide ID to vote by mail.

If you’re a first-time Georgia voter who registered by mail and did not provide ID when you registered, you’ll need to provide a copy of one of the following forms of ID along with your mail ballot:
- A current photo ID
- A current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and address

State Election Website
Local Election Office: This is the government office responsible for running elections in your region. Theses are the best people to contact if you have any questions at all about voting in your state.
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Learn more about voter ID

First-time Georgia voters who register to vote by mail must show acceptable ID by mailing a copy of your identification with your voter registration application or providing a copy of your ID with your absentee ballot application. Acceptable forms of ID include a copy of a current and valid photo ID OR a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and Georgia address.Military and overseas voters are exempt from this requirement.
You do not need to provide ID if you have already voted in Georgia at least once. If you are voting for the first time and did not submit photo ID when you registered to vote, include one of the following forms of ID with your absentee ballot application: a copy of a current and valid photo ID OR a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and Georgia address.Military and overseas voters are exempt from this requirement.
You'll need to submit a separate application every time you wish to vote by absentee ballot unless you are in the military, 75 or older, or physically disabled.If you are in the military, 75 or older, or physically disabled, you can use one Georgia Absentee Ballot Application to request an absentee ballot for the Primary, Primary Runoff (if applicable), Election and Election Runoff (if applicable).