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GA SB514

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/17/2026

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Bearden

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates authorization for the use of ballot drop boxes by repealing subsection (c) of Code Section 21-2-382, which governed drop boxes for receiving absentee ballots and advance voting

  • Restricts special elections on sales and use tax questions (authorized by Articles 2, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 5A, and 5B of Chapter 8 of Title 48) to only the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years

  • Removes a prior provision that allowed sales and use tax elections to be held on the third Tuesday in March before July 1, 2024

  • Maintains existing scheduling requirements for special elections to fill county or municipal vacancies, with specified dates in odd-numbered years (third Tuesday of March, June, September, or November) and even-numbered years (third Tuesday in March, general primary date, or November)

Legislative Description

Primaries and Elections; use of ballot drop boxes; eliminate authorization

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Ethics2/18/2026

Full Bill Text

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