Bills to Watch
Progressive voting and elections bills and resolutions introduced:
HB 59: Elections; instant runoff voting by overseas citizens and military personnel; authorize: Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58855
HB 77: Elections; superintendent may permit any elector of the county to vote in any precinct of the county which such elector chooses; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58895
HB 101: Elections; restrictions of voting rights for judicially incompetent persons; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58945
HB 113: Elections; same day registration and voting; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58960
HB 121: Elections; certain electors list maintenance activities; eliminate
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58989
HB 132: Elections; written operating procedures for elections and voter registration activities in each county; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59002
HB 162: Morgan County; board of elections; revise provisions
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59075
HR 55: Legislative and congressional reapportionment; done by independent, bipartisan commission; provide – CA
Link to resolution: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59123
SB 26: Elections and Primaries; absentee ballot drop boxes at every advance voting location; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58999
SB 35: Elections and Primaries; qualifications of poll officers; revise
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59060
SB 36: Elections and Primaries; development of a pilot program; rural counties; establishing and funding the operation of advance voting location in such counties; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59059
SB 38: Primaries and Elections; permanent absentee voter list; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59062
SB 39: Qualifications of Electors; convictions for offenses involving the purchase, possession, or control of certain controlled substances shall not prevent persons from registering, remaining registered, or voting; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59065
SB 40: Elections and Primaries; the time and method for opening and tabulating absentee ballots; revise
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59064
SR 20: Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment; independent nonpartisan commission instead of the General Assembly; provide – CA
Link to resolution: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58969
Regressive voting and elections bills introduced:
HB 62: Elections; boards and superintendents accept and expend private funds; prohibit
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58875
HB 162: Morgan County; board of elections; revise provisions
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59075
HB 227: Elections; submission of identification in connection with absentee ballot applications; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59191
HR 56: Elections; clarify that only citizens of the United States who are residents of Georgia shall have a right to vote in elections in this state – CA
Link to resolution: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59124
SB 29: Elections and Primaries; submission of certain forms of identification by electors with absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59020
SB 67: Elections and Primaries; submission of identification in connection with absentee ballot applications; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59216
SB 68: Elections and Primaries; manner of delivery of voted absentee ballots; revise
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59219
SB 69: Primaries and Elections; persons desiring to register to vote or update their voter registration through and application for a driver’s license; indicate such desire on such application; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59221
SB 70: Elections and Primaries; a person who votes in a general election for office of US Representative or US Senate in another state; ineligible to vote in a runoff for any such offices in this state in the same election cycle; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59220
SB 71: Elections and Primaries; the definition of “absentee elector”; revise; reasons for voting by absentee ballot; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59224
SB 72: Elections and Primaries; county registrars shall obtain monthly from the coroner, judge of the probate court, and funeral homes in the county identifying information about persons who died in the county during the previous month; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59222
SB 73: Elections and Primaries; absentee ballot applications to certain election officials and candidates; limit the distribution
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59223
SB 74: Elections and Primaries; ability of poll watchers at tabulating centers to observe the vote counting process; revise
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59225
Unclear, Need Further Analysis
HB 172: Culloden, City of; reduce city council to five members
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59094
HB 223: Jackson County; authority of the board of elections and registration to act in certain situations; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59185
HB 64: Elections; manner of handling the death of a candidate prior to a nonpartisan election; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58877
HB 65: Elections; date of nonpartisan general elections for certain offices; change
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58878
SB 62: Elections and Primaries; name and designation of the precinct appears on every ballot; provide
Link to bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59208
SR 37: Members of the Senate; four-year term of office; provide-CA
Link to resolution: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59082