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The Library has mail-in voter registration forms at the Check Out Desk. The form can be used to register to vote or change your address and can be mailed by you or we will mail it for you. There are several methods to register to vote offered, read more about it at the Secretary of State's website.
Additionally, Voter Registration service will be automatically offered to any person over 18 years of age who applies for a library card.
Further information on elections and registration for Newton County can be obtained from:
Newton County Board of Registrars
1132 Usher Street
Room 114
Covington, GA 30209
Telephone 770-784-2055
For more information contact:
Karen C. Handel
Secretary of State
Elections Division
1104 West Tower
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SE
Atlanta, Ga. 30334
(404) 656-2871
toll-free Voter Information Hotline at 888-265-1115
facsimile at 404-651-9531
The following information on Voter Qualifications, Voter Registration and Change of Residence is from Karen C. Handel, the Georgia Secretary of State, Elections Division, Voter Registration Section web page at: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/
"Voter Qualifications
To register to vote in the state of Georgia, you must be:
| A citizen of the United States |
| A legal resident of Georgia and of the county in which you wish to vote |
| At least 17 1/2 years of age. |
Also, you may not register to vote if you are currently:
| Serving any sentence imposed by the conviction of a felony |
| Judicially determined to be mentally incompetent |
In the state of Georgia, you do not have to register by political party to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections.
You may register to vote at any time, but you must be registered by the close of registration prior to an election if you wish to vote on election day, i.e., the application must be postmarked by the voter registration deadline. If you are not registered to vote, register today.
Voter Registration
Georgia citizens have access to several convenient methods of registering to vote:
| Download and complete a
voter registration application. |
| Contact your local
county board of registrars' office or
election office,
public library
, public assistance office, recruitment office, schools and other government offices for a mail-in registration form. |
| E-mail your request for a voter registration form to sosweb@sos.state.ga.us, or write us at Office of the Secretary of State, Elections Division, Suite 1104 West Tower, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1505. Please include your name and mailing address. |
|
"Motor Voter" registration is offered when you renew or apply for your driver's license
at Department of Motor Vehicle Safety drivers license posts. |
| College students can obtain Georgia voter registration forms, or the necessary forms to register in any state in the U.S., from their school registrar's office or
from the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs. |
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Change of Residence
Voters are required to notify the board of registrars of their county of residence whenever they move.
If you move within the same county in which you are registered to vote and don't notify the registrar at least 30 days prior to an election, you may vote in your old polling place for that election. You must file a notice of your new address. This can be done by writing your county board of registrars' office, or by submitting a new voter registration application.
If you move outside the county in which you are registered to vote within 30 days of an election, you may vote in your old precinct for that election.
If you move outside the county in which you are registered to vote in excess of 30 days prior to an election, you have lost your eligibility to vote in the county of your old residence. You must register to vote in your new county of residence. If you don't register to vote by the deadline, you cannot vote in that particular election."
The above information is provided here as a convenience only. The information has been obtained from the Georgia Secretary of State. For additional information please visit the Secretary of State's web site at http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/