Georgia Code
Article 6 - Registration of Voters
§ 21-2-220.1. Required Documentation for Voter Registration

History. Code 1981, § 21-2-220.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 697, § 8/HB 268; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 6/HB 316.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective July 1, 2017.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “For those voter registration applicants who have a Georgia driver’s license number or identification card number for an identification card issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40, or the last four digits of a social security number, a voter registration application may be accepted as valid only after the board of registrars has verified the authenticity of the Georgia driver’s license number, the identification card number of an identification card issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40, or the last four digits of the social security number provided by the applicant.”; rewrote subsection (c); and deleted subsection (d), which read: “(1) If a completed voter registration application has been received by the registration deadline set by Code Section 21-2-224 but the Georgia driver’s license number, the identification card number of an identification card issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40, or the last four digits of the social security number provided by the applicant cannot be verified, the applicant shall be notified that the number cannot be verified and that the applicant must provide sufficient evidence to the board of registrars to verify the applicant’s identity in order to have his or her application processed by the board of registrars.
“(2) If the applicant provides such sufficient evidence on or before the date of a primary or election, and if the applicant is found eligible to vote, the applicant shall be added to the list of electors and shall be permitted to vote in the primary or election and any runoff resulting therefrom and subsequent primaries and elections.
“(3) If the applicant has not provided such sufficient evidence or such number has not otherwise been verified on or before the date of a primary or election, the applicant presenting himself or herself to vote shall be provided a provisional ballot. The provisional ballot shall be counted only if such number is verified by the end of the time period set forth in subsection (c) of Code Section 21-2-419 or if the applicant presents sufficient evidence to the board of registrars to verify the applicant’s identity, by the end of the time period set forth in subsection (c) of Code Section 21-2-419.
“(4) The voter application shall be rejected if the Georgia driver’s license number, identification card number of an identification card issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40, or last four digits of the social security number provided by the applicant is not verified and the applicant fails to present sufficient evidence to the board of registrars to verify the applicant’s identity within 26 months following the date of the application.
“(5) This subsection shall not apply to an electronic voter registration application submitted pursuant to Code Section 21-2-221.2.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).

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