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2006 Georgia Code - 21-2-216
21-2-216. (a) No person shall vote in any primary or
election held in this state unless such person shall be:
(1) Registered as an elector in the
manner prescribed by law; (2)
A citizen of this state and of the United States;
(3) At least 18 years of age;
(4) A resident of this state and of
the county or municipality in which he or she seeks to vote;
and (5) Possessed of all
other qualifications prescribed by law. (b) In addition to the qualifications in
subsection (a) of this Code section, no person who has been
convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude may register,
remain registered, or vote except upon completion of the sentence
and no person who has been judicially determined to be mentally
incompetent may register, remain registered, or vote unless the
disability has been removed. (c) Any person who possesses the qualifications
of an elector except that concerning age shall be permitted to
register to vote if such person will acquire such qualification
within six months after the day of registration; provided, however,
that such person shall not be permitted to vote in a primary or
election until the acquisition of all specified
qualifications. (d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any person who
was qualified and registered to vote on June 24, 1964, shall not be
required to reregister under the terms of this article unless such
person shall have become or becomes disqualified to vote by reason
of having been purged from the list of electors or for any other
reason whatsoever, in which event such person shall, in order to
become registered to vote, reregister under the terms of this
article. (e) If any citizen
of this state begins residence in another state after the thirtieth
day next preceding any election for President and Vice President
and, for that reason, does not satisfy the registration
requirements of that state, such citizen shall be allowed to vote
for presidential and vice presidential electors, in that election,
in person in this state if such citizen satisfied, as of the date
of such citizen´s change of residence, the requirements to
vote in this state, or by absentee ballot in this state if such
citizen satisfies, but for such citizen´s nonresident status
and the reason for such citizen´s absence, the requirements
for absentee voting in this state. (f) No person shall remain an elector longer
than such person shall retain the qualifications under which such
person registered.
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