Georgians Must Register By Monday To Vote In June Primary

GEORGIA — Monday is the last day you can register to vote in Georgia for the June 9 primary election for president, Congress and the General Assembly.

Because you must vote in the county where you legally reside, you should check your registration status if you’ve moved. Also, if you haven’t voted in several elections, you may need to register.

You can check your registration status here. You can register online to vote here.

To register, you must:

• be a U.S. citizen
• be a legal resident of the county where you vote
• be at least 17 1/2 years old to register and 18 years old to vote
• not be serving a sentence for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude
• have not been found mentally incompetent by a judge

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After the primary was first postponed from its original date of March 24 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that all registered voters would be mailed a form that could be used to request an absentee ballot. Since then, his office has received at least a million requests — and he expects more.

"Our goal was twofold: to keep voters safe and to take the pressure off our in-person voting locations," Raffensperger told WSB-TV Action News.

The Georgia Secretary of State's office shows about 7 million registered voters on its website. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported in February — well before the lockdown forced by the pandemic — that registrations already were up 3 percent from the same time the previous year. The newspaper also reported a 68% jump in registrations among voters aged 18-34 since October 2016. That age group is now almost a third of all registered voters.