Georgia Code
Article 6 - Registration of Voters
§ 21-2-234. Electors Who Have Failed to Vote and With Whom There Has Been No Contact in Three Years; Confirmation Notice Requirements and Procedure; Time for Completion of List Maintenance Activities

History. Code 1981, § 21-2-234 , enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 8, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 649, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 697, § 12/HB 268; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 11/HB 316.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted the present provisions of subsection (d) for the former provisions, which read: “If the elector returns the card and shows that he or she has changed residence to a place outside of the boundaries of the county or municipality in which the elector is currently registered, the elector’s name shall be removed from the appropriate list of electors and information shall be sent to the elector explaining how the elector can continue to be eligible to vote.”.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, substituted “five” for “three” near the end of paragraph (a)(1) and in the first sentence of paragraph (a)(2) and inserted “has not submitted an absentee ballot application or voted an absentee ballot,” in the middle of paragraph (a)(1).
Law reviews.
For article, “Black and White Make Gray: Common Cause v. Kemp, What’s the Trigger for Purging Voters?,” see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 947 (2018).
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).
For comment, “Voter Suppression Post- Shelby : Impacts and Issues of Voter Purge and Voter ID Laws,” see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 857 (2020).

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