Elections - Elections and Primaries

The Act allows third-party candidates with ballot access in at least twenty other states to appear on the presidential general election ballot in Georgia. For homeless voters without a permanent mailing address, their mailing address for elections defaults to the address of the registrar’s office in their county of residence. Additionally, proof of owning or renting a post office box or private mailbox service in a specific jurisdiction is no longer sufficient proof of residency for voting. Vote challenges have updated conditions, but any challenge made within forty-five days of a primary, election, or run-off will be postponed until after the election concludes.

On Election Day, all absentee ballots must now be tabulated before either 8:00 p.m. or one hour before the polls close, whichever is later. Finally, votes must be tabulated by reading the text on the ballot that clearly shows the voter’s choice, not by the QR code on the ballot that stores the voter’s choice.