Automatic voter registration
Online voter registration
Pre-registration before turning 18
Number of days prior to election a voter must be registered is 15 days or less
Online voter registration closes 15 days or less before Election Day
Registration drives
Same day registration offered in all elections
Same day registration located at polling place
Same day registration offered only during early voting
All mail voting
In-person early voting
Amount of early voting days is higher than 7
Election day is a state holiday
No-excuse mail voting
12+ hours of open polls
Paid time off work to vote
Time off work to vote
Felons can vote after incarceration with completion of sentence
Felons can vote immediately after incarceration
Felons can vote while incarcerated
No ID required to vote
Mental competency not required to register
Non-photo ID required to vote
Photo-ID required to vote
Upcoming Elections
Voting Qualifications
Deadlines
More Information
Georgia has an open primary system; it is not necessary to be registered with the party to vote in primary elections.
Any registered Georgia voter may apply for an absentee ballot and vote absentee. As of 2021, Georgia's new voting law requires voters to request an absentee ballot every 2-year election cycle. If you voted absentee in the last Election, you will have to reapply for the upcoming one. Requests for absentee ballots must be submitted 11 days before Election Day. Absentee voters must also be prepared to provide their driver's license number or an equivalent state-issued identification. The entirety of Georgia's new voting law can be found here.
If you are voting in person in Georgia (including voting early), you must present one of the following forms of ID at the time you vote:
- 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
