2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76) › Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604) › Article 11 - PREPARATION FOR AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS (§§ 21-2-400 — 21-2-486) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-400 — 21-2-421) › Section 21-2-417.1 - Voter identification card

(a)
Each county board of registrars shall provide at least one place in the county at which it shall accept applications for and issue Georgia voter identification cards to registered Georgia electors which shall under state law be valid only for purposes of voter identification under Code Section
21-2-417
and available only to registered electors of this state. No fee shall be charged or collected for the application for or issuance of a Georgia voter identification card.
(b)
No person shall be eligible for a Georgia voter identification card if such person has a valid unexpired driver's license or identification card issued under Code Section
40-5-100
.
(c)
The Georgia voter identification card shall be captioned "GEORGIA VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD" and shall contain a prominent statement that under Georgia law it is valid only as identification for voting purposes. The Georgia voter identification card shall be laminated, shall contain a digital color photograph of the applicant, and shall include the following information:
(1)
Full legal name;
(2)
Address of residence;
(3)
Birth date;
(4)
Date identification card was issued;
(5)
Sex;
(6)
Height;
(7)
Weight;
(8)
Eye color;
(9)
County where the identification card was issued including a county number to be assigned for each county by the Secretary of State; and
(10)
Such other information or identification as required by rule of the State Election Board.
(d)
The application for a Georgia voter identification card shall elicit the information required under subsection (c) of this Code section and such other information as may be required by rule of the State Election Board. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and any falsification or fraud in the making of the application shall constitute a felony offense under Code Section
16-10-71
, relating to the offense of false swearing.
(e)
The board of registrars shall require presentation and verification of the following information before issuing a Georgia voter identification card to a person:
(1)
A photo identity document, except that a nonphoto identity document is acceptable if it includes both the person's full legal name and date of birth;
(2)
Documentation showing the person's date of birth;
(3)
Evidence that the person is registered to vote in this state; and
(4)
Documentation showing the person's name and address of principal residence.
(f)
A Georgia voter identification card shall remain valid so long as a person resides in the same county and remains qualified to vote. It shall be the duty of a person who moves his or her residence within the State of Georgia outside of the county in which it was issued to surrender his or her card to the board of registrars of the county of his or her new residence; and such person may after such surrender apply for and receive a new card if such person is otherwise eligible under this Code section. It shall be the duty of a person who moves his or her residence outside the State of Georgia or who ceases to be qualified to vote to surrender his or her card to the board of registrars by which it was issued.
(g)
The Secretary of State shall provide each county board of registrars with the necessary equipment, forms, supplies, and training for the production of the Georgia voter identification cards and shall maintain such equipment.
(h)
Without in any way limiting the authority of the Secretary of State under subsection (g) of this Code section, the State Election Board shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this Code section and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such rules and regulations may further define or prescribe the types of documentation required under subsection (e) of this Code section.
Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 24,§ 36, eff. 4/2/2019.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 706,§ 13, eff. 7/1/2008.
Added by 2006 Ga. Laws 432,§ 2, eff. 1/26/2006.