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GA HB819
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Michael Smith
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AI Summary
- Electors who move within Georgia may vote a regular ballot at the polling place for their new residence on primary or election day by completing a change-of-address affirmation, eliminating the prior requirement to notify registrars by the fifth Monday before an election
- Applicants at designated voter registration agencies (public assistance offices, disability services, military recruitment offices) who fail to check any box on the registration form will be deemed to have agreed to register to vote, rather than declined, creating an opt-out registration system
- Precinct boundaries must be drawn so that every voter is within 25 miles of their polling place, measured by the most direct route of travel; precincts exceeding this distance must be divided or altered
- Polling places may not be relocated within 90 days of a primary, election, or runoff, except in cases of emergency or unavoidable events rendering the location unusable
- Advance voting locations are required at a minimum ratio of one per 150,000 electors, geographically distributed throughout the jurisdiction; election superintendents may also designate advance voting sites as Election Day polling places open to any county or municipal elector
Legislative Description
Elections; voter registration and polling places; provisions
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/6/2018
Full Bill Text
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