You are eligible to vote in Georgia if you:

1. You are a United States citizen
2. You are a legal Resident of your County
3. You are not serving a sentence for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude
4. You have not been found mentally incompetent by a judge
5. You must be at least 17 1/2 years of age to pre-register and then must be 18 years of age to vote

Special Populations:

1. Formerly Incarcerated:
   • • Misdemeanor convictions in Georgia
       • • You do not lose your right to vote if you are convicted of a misdemeanor in Georgia. If you are incarcerated for a misdemeanor you should check voter registration status, register to vote if necessary, and request an absentee ballot from office administrators at your complex.
         • You can vote while awaiting trial for any charge, even if incarcerated, as long as you have not lost your right to vote due to a prior conviction.
     • Felony convictions in Georgia
       • • You lose your right to vote if you are convicted of a felony. You can’t vote while incarcerated, while on probation, or while on parole. Your right to vote is automatically restored once you complete your full sentence, including parole and probation.
     • Next steps for restoring voting rights in Georgia
       • • If your sentence is completed, including parole or probation, you may register to vote and cast a ballot.

1. Unhoused Individuals: 
   • • If you routinely stay somewhere that has a street address, make sure to use that address as your residence address and mailing address (unless you receive mail somewhere else). If this scenario applies to you, and you already have a valid voter ID, you can register to vote online. You can also use a paper registration form. If you cannot register to vote online, or you don’t have access to a printer, you can also visit a public library and they will help register you to vote.
     • The address that you provide for your residence address will determine the polling precinct where you will vote.
     • If you do not routinely stay somewhere with an address, you can write in a park name or the closest intersection to where you stay as your residence address. For example, “The corner of Church Street and Main Street”.
       • • Unfortunately, if this scenario applies to you, you will not be able to register to vote online in Georgia. But you can always register to vote on paper instead. You can find a printable version of the Georgia voter registration form by clicking here, or by visiting your County Elections Office. You can also visit a public library and they will help register you to vote.
2. College Students:
   • • Make sure to always keep voter registration up-to-date whenever you move! Even moving to a new apartment number (within the same apartment complex) means you need to update your voter registration!
     • If you go to a PUBLIC Georgia College/University, you can use your student ID to vote! (i.e. Georgia State or Kennesaw State, but NOT private universities like Emory or Morehouse). Georgia law requires first-time Georgia voters who complete a paper voter registration form must provide additional documentation or they will have delays – or even trouble voting – when they go to vote for the first time.
       • • This only applies to:
           • • brand new voters (never voted before)
             • voters who have never voted before in the state of Georgia.

Voter Registration Deadlines:

• Special Election: February 14, 2022
• Special Election Runoff Date: February 14, 2022
• General Primary Election, Nonpartisan General Election and Special Election Date: April 25, 2022
• General Primary Election, Nonpartisan General Election and Special Election Runoff Date: April 25, 2022
• General Primary Election Runoff Date for Federal Races: May 23, 2022
• General Election/Special Election Date: October 11, 2022 (because Columbus Day is on Monday, Oct. 10th)
• General Election/Special Election Runoff Date: October 11, 2022 (because Columbus Day is on Monday, Oct. 10th)
• General Election Runoff Date for Federal Races: November 7, 2022

Register Online

1. Secretary of State Website
2. To use the Online Voter Registration System you must have a valid driver’s license or identification card issued by GA Department of Driver Services (DDS) with signature on file with DDS. If you do not have a valid driver’s license or identification card, there is a link that will allow you to manually submit a paper registration.
3. You may use the online system to:
   • • Register to vote in Georgia or;
     • (2) change your name and/or address on your current registration record.
     • Registration Instructions:
       • • Fill in all of the required fields on the application which are identified with a leading asterisk ‘ * ‘
         • You are not officially registered to vote until this application is approved.
         • You should receive an acknowledgment within two to four weeks after submitting or mailing your registration.  Please contact your local county registration office if you have not received any information from them by then.

What IDs are acceptable? You must bring one of these six forms of identification to vote:

1. 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)
2. A Georgia Driver’s License, even if expired
3. 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
4. Valid U.S. passport ID
5. Valid U.S. military photo ID
6. Valid tribal photo ID

An ID card can be issued at any county registrar’s office or Department of Driver Services Office free of charge. To receive a voter identification card, the voter must provide:

• 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

If you do not have a photo ID listed above, you can still vote by provisional ballot.

• You have three days after the election to bring the required photo ID to your county registrar’s office in order for your provisional ballot to be counted.
• If you have to vote a provisional ballot because you don’t have one of the forms of Photo ID listed above, you can go to your county voter registration office, get a FREE photo ID and present it within three days after the election and your provisional ballot will be counted. If you simply forget your Photo ID, and time permits, you can retrieve it, return to the polling place, and vote.

Early Voting/Advanced Voting:

• https://georgia.gov/early-voting
• Registered Voters can vote prior to Election Day
• State law requires local elections officials to allow early in-person voting beginning on the fourth Monday prior to a primary or election, and as soon as possible prior to the runoff.
• Early voting ends on the Friday immediately prior to Election Day.
• You do not have to vote at an assigned polling location during early voting. You may vote at any early voting location within your county.

Absentee Voting Dates:

1. April 5, 2022: Earliest day for a registrar to mail an absentee ballot for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election
2. May 2, 2022: Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election
3. May 13, 2022: Last day to submit absentee ballot application for the May General Primary Election
4. June 10, 2022: Last day to submit absentee ballot application for the June General Primary Runoff
5. June 13, 2022: Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Runoff Election must begin no later than this date.
6. August 22, 2022: Earliest day to apply for an absentee ballot for November General Election
7. September 20, 2022: Earliest day for a registrar to mail an absentee ballot for the November General/Special Election
8. October 17, 2022: Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election.
9. October 28, 2022: Last day to submit absentee ballot application for the November General Election

Absentee Voting:

• https://georgia.gov/vote-absentee-ballot
• You do not need an excuse to request an absentee ballot. You must request an absentee ballot in order to receive one in the mail. Your absentee ballot must be received by your local County Board of Registrar’s Office by the time polls close on Election Day in order to be counted.
• ​​To vote by absentee ballot, you must first submit an absentee ballot application. You can do this online, by email, by mail, by fax, or in person.
• You must submit your application for an absentee ballot by the year’s deadline. Absentee ballots may be requested any time between 78 and 11 calendar days prior to Election Day.

If you are voting in a primary election, you will need to request either a Democrat, Republican, or Non-Partisan ballot. You do not need to request a specific type of ballot for a general election.

Absentee Ballot Request Due:

• Georgia law allows for absentee by mail ballots to be requested no earlier than 78 days and no later than 11 days prior to an election. 
• To request an absentee ballot, voters should complete an absentee ballot application and return the absentee ballot application to their county registration office.  Absentee ballot applications can be returned by mail, fax, email (as an attachment), or in-person to the local County Board of Registrar’s Office.
• https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/elections/absentee_voting_in_georgia

Check Precint Card:

• This is sent by the Secretary of State to your County and then sent to you
• Precinct Cards inform you of where to go to vote
• You do not have to bring your precinct card in order to vote
• If you have misplaced or have not received your precinct card within 3 to 4 weeks of submitting your voter registration application, contact your local county registration office to request a new precinct card or to check the status of your application. You can also verify that you’re properly registered to vote by visiting the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page and submitting your information.
• https://georgia.gov/register-to-vote

1. April 25, 2022: Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election and Runoff Election.
2. May 7, 2022: Mandatory Saturday Voting for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election
3. May 8, 2022: Optional Sunday Voting for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election
4. May 14, 2022: Mandatory Saturday Voting for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election 
5. May 15, 2022: Optional Sunday Voting for the General Primary/Non-Partisan/Special Election
6. May 23, 2022: Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the General Primary Runoff for Federal Races
7. May 24, 2022: General Primary Election, Nonpartisan General Election and Special Election Date
8. June 21, 2022: General Primary Election, Nonpartisan General Election and Special Election Runoff Date
9. June 21, 2022: General Primary Election Runoff Date for Federal Races
10. October 11, 2022: Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the November General Election and Runoff
11. October 22, 2022: Mandatory Saturday Voting for the November General Election
12. October 23, 2022: Optional Sunday Voting for the November General Election
13. October 29, 2022: Mandatory Saturday Voting for the November General Election 
14. October 30, 2022: Optional Sunday Voting for the November General Election
15. November 7, 2022: Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the General Election Runoff for Federal Races.
16. November 8, 2022: General Election/Special Election Date
17. December 6, 2022: General Election/Special Election Runoff Date
18. December 6, 2022: General Election Runoff Date for Federal Races

National Representatives

• U.S. Senate Representative
• U.S. House Representative

Statewide Representatives

• • Nine state executive offices are up for election in Georgia in 2022:
    • •  Governor
      • Lieutenant Governor
      • Attorney General
      • Secretary of State
      • Superintendent of Public Instruction
      • Agriculture Commissioner
      • Labor Commissioner
      • Insurance Commissioner
      • Public Service Commissioner

Local Representatives

1. DeKalb County, Georgia – Board of commissioners, state court judges, associate state court judge, superior court judges, and soil & water conservation district board
   • • Offices up for election in 2022:
       • • Soil & Water Supervisor
         • Board of Commissioners
         • Judicial
2. Fulton County, Georgia – Board of commissioners, soil & water conservation board, chief magistrate judge, and state court judges
   • • Offices up for election in 2022:
       • • Soil & Water Supervisor
         • Board of Commissioners
         • Judicial

Ranked Choice Voting Ballots for Overseas Voters in Runoffs have been adopted in 2021, and will be first used in 2022 for military and overseas voters.

State Polling Summary

• You can find Georgia’s State Polling Summary here.

Find Your Polling Location

• On Election Day, you must vote at your designated polling place. You can find your assigned polling location on your voter registration card, by logging into the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page, or by contacting your County Board of Registrar’s Office.