Elections

To view and/or download current election information, please visit our PDF Library and look under the Elections Section.

Election Candidate Listing

The Supervisor of Elections and Registration has established two ways to provide voters with immediate access to precinct and district information. The Poll Locator has been available to voters online via the Internet since 2002. It requires entry of the last name, first initial and date of birth to obtain voter registration information. You can access the Poll Locator by visiting www.georgiacounts.com. (2) The new Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is more recent. It is currently accessible to voters by phone via a toll-free number 1-888-265-1115. The IVR system processes incoming phone calls by allowing the voter to enter their social security number. Using information extracted from the person's record in the statewide database, the voter is able to hear a voice activated message stating precinct and district information. The Poll Locator and the IVR system will give voters full 24 hour access to voter registration information.

Please visit www.georgiacounts.com for the following:

1. Poll Locator

2. Voter Registration Information

3. Frequently Asked Questions

4. Electronic Voting Security Information

5. Video on Electronic Voting

6. Voting Instructions

7. Online Voting Demonstration

Where do I vote in Georgia?

Please click on the following link to be redirected to The Georgia, Secretary of State Web Site. Here you will be able to type in your personal information to find your correct polling location throughout the state of Georgia. Polling Locations.

1. Citizens of the United States and the State of Georgia
2. Reside at the address listed on the application
3. 18 years of age or older or will be 18 years of age within six months of the date of the application
4. Eligible to vote in Georgia
5. Not serving a sentence for having been convicted of a felony.
6. Not been judicially declared to be mentally incompetent

1. Elections Office Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
2. Department of Public Safety (Driver License locations)
3. Mail in applications. Applications can be located at The Georgia, Secretary of State Web Site, under the "Elections" linking.
4. State Funded Office for Physically Disabled
5. Recruitment Offices
6. Libraries
7. Department of Human Resources (Wic-Rehab-Defacs)

All citizens registering by mail for the first time in Georgia must provide a copy of identification.

You will be purged at the State level if you do not vote in two general elections (8 years). You will have to re-register to be eligible to vote.

If you move within the County, you must notify the Elections in writing. If you move to another County you must re-register, same as if you move into Paulding County from another County, you must re-register.

Absentee Voting

Georgia Election Code 21-2-385 outlines procedures for voting by absentee ballot.
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Applications must be made to the Supervisor of Elections and Registration to obtain or vote absentee, either by mail, fax, or in person. Signature required.

Eligible voters can vote up to 45 days before an election if they meet the guidelines listed below:
Required to be absent from their precinct all day on Election Day (7:00 A.M. t o7:00 P.M.)

Eligibility for absentee voting

Click here for an absentee ballot application

• Constant caregiver to someone who is physically disabled
• Election Official, who will perform official duties in connection with the Election
• Election Day falls on a religious holiday, which they observe.
• Required to be on duty in their place of employment for the protection of the health, life, or safety of the public during the entire time the polls are open.
• 75 years of age or older
• Citizen of the United States permanently residing outside the United States and last domiciled in Georgia, not voting in any other state. Allowed to vote for Federal Offices (President, Vice President, US Senator or Representative in Congress)
• Armed Forces or Merchant Marines of the United States, spouse or dependent of the member, residing outside the County.

Due to recent changes in Georgia Code 21-2-380, voters who apply for an absentee ballot by mail in only, do not have to provide a reason for the request.

Advanced Voting: One week only, Monday through Friday prior to any Local, State, or Federal Election, a registered voter may come in the Elections Office and vote absentee without a reason.

Absentee voting by mail is by optical scan. Absentee voting in the Elections Office is on touch screen machines.

Provisional ballots are optical scanned. If a person’s eligibility to vote is in question, or a first time voter that has not provided proper identification to the Elections Office (explained in more detail later) the voter will be allowed to vote a provisional ballot. The Supervisor of Elections and Registration determines if the vote will count or not.

Services provided:

• This Office is responsible for receiving, updating, deleting, and maintaining voter registration applications, as well as keeping these records in a secure location.
• Coordinating with 158 counties in the State with reference to record entry.
• Interact with the City of Braswell, Dallas and Hiram, to provide elector’s list for city elections, and city jurisdiction.
• Purge records when requested by either voter or State.
• Hold monthly Board of Elections meetings. Minutes are on file for review.
• Absentee Voting 45 days prior to election date. We also are responsible for giving credit for voting to all voters that vote in elections.
• Responsible for maintaining street index, death records, moved out of county/state records, and felony records (voters convicted of a felony is removed from the elector’s list until term of sentence is completed, at which time the citizen must reapply).
• Maintains and provides Master and Elector’s List for entire County.
• Obtain voter count on monthly basis.
• Attend State Mandated Training yearly.
 

Helpful Georgia Election Codes:

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-226 explains the duties of county Board of Elections in determining eligibility of voters; maps of municipal boundaries; notice of ineligibility; issuance of registration cards; reimbursement for postage cost.

Once a person is found to be eligible to vote, the county board of Elections shall have the duty of determining and placing the elector in the proper Congressional district, state Senate district, state House district; county commission district, if any; and municipal governing authority district, if any; such other voting districts, if any; and precinct.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-227 explains the duty of Elections to furnish list of electors for elections held in governmental subdivisions.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-228 explains examination of elector’s qualifications; notice and hearing; right of appeal.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-229 explains challenge of applicant for registration by other electors; notice and hearing; right of appeals.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-230 explains challenge of persons on list of electors by other electors; procedure; hearing; right of appeal.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-231 explains convicted felons, persons declared mentally incompetent, and deceased persons provided to Secretary of State; removal of names from list of electors; timing.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-234 outlines electors who have failed to vote and with whom there has been no contact in three years; confirmation notice requirements and procedures; time for completion of list maintenance activities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-236 outlines periods of retention of registration cards, applications, and records of list maintenance activities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-386 outlines safekeeping, certification, and validation of absentee ballots; rejection of ballot; delivery of ballots to manager; duties of managers; precinct returns; notification of challenged elector.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-387 outlines procedure for ballots of deceased electors.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-388 outlines cancellation of absentee ballots of electors who are present in election precinct during primaries and elections.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-407 outlines duty to review qualifications of electors omitted from electors list; authority to place electors on list.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-409 outlines assisting electors who cannot read English or have physical disabilities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-561 outlines false registration.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-384 ( c ), 21-2-570 outlines voter fraud as a felony.

Elections and Registration Deidre Holden 770.443.7503 elections@paulding.gov