Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 183 - RULES OF STATE ELECTION BOARD › Chapter 183-1 - GEORGIA ELECTION CODE › Subject 183-1-6 - REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS › Rule 183-1-6-.05 - Registration of Persons by College Presidents or Their Designees

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Authority.
The president of each public or private college or
				university located in the State of Georgia is authorized to register to vote
				all qualified students, staff, and faculty at the college or university. For
				students domiciled in the State of Georgia, the college or university president
				or designee of the president shall be a deputy registrar on behalf of all
				boards of registration in the State of Georgia for the purpose of taking
				applications for voter registration for these students. For staff and faculty
				domiciled in the county in which the college or university is located, each
				college or university president or designee of the president shall be a deputy
				registrar of the county in which the college or university is located for the
				purpose of taking applications for voter registration for those faculty and
				staff members.
(2)
Designees.
Each college or university president is authorized to
				designate such persons as the college or university president deems appropriate
				for the purpose of aiding the college or university president in the exercise
				of the president's voter registration duties. It shall not be necessary for any
				person so designated to be a resident of the county in which the college or
				university is located. However, each person so designated shall be a registered
				voter in the State of Georgia and shall take an oath as a deputy registrar. The
				designation shall be in writing and shall be forwarded by the college or
				university president to the chief registrar of the county in which the college
				or university is located. Registration applications completed by persons who
				are not designated in writing to the chief registrar by the college or
				university president to register persons on behalf of the college or university
				president shall be rejected.
(3)
Training.
Each person designated by a college or university
				president to register voters on behalf of the president shall immediately
				contact the chief registrar of the county in which the college or university is
				located to undergo such training board of registrars of the county ordinarily
				provides for deputy registrars. Such training shall be completed prior to the
				individual taking any application for voter registration.
(4)
Registration Applications.
The board of registrars in each county in which a college or university is
				located shall provide to the college or university president a sufficient
				number of registration applications for use in registering qualified students,
				staff, and faculty at the college or university.
(5)
Security.
Any person
				designated by a college or university president to take voter registration
				applications on behalf of the college or university president shall also take
				such steps as are necessary to provide appropriate and adequate security for
				the registration applications which are placed in that person's possession.
				Completed voter registration applications shall be returned to the board of
				registrars in the county in which the college or university is located as soon
				as possible, but, in no event, later than the next business day.
(6)
Voter Registration Places.
Each place utilized for the collection and receipt of applications for voter
				registration by the college or university president or designee of the
				president shall be precleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
				(42 U.S.C. Section
				1973 c). The board of registrars of the
				county in which the college or university is located shall be responsible for
				obtaining this preclearance. No registration shall be conducted at locations
				which have not been precleared. Door-to-door registration is
				prohibited.
(7)
Receipt of
				Completed Applications.
Upon the receipt of completed voter registration
				applications from a college or university, the board of registrars of the
				county in which the college or university is located shall retain those
				applications completed by individuals who are domiciled in the county in which
				the college or university is located and shall forward the remainder of the
				applications completed by individuals domiciled in other counties directly to
				the appropriate county registration offices.
(8)
Limitations on Presidents and Their
				Designees.
College and university presidents and their designees are
				limited to registering only those qualified students, staff and faculty at the
				college and university and may not register any other individuals.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  21-2-31.