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01 LC 28 0009
Senate Bill
8
By: Senators Burton of the 5th, Lamutt of
the 21st, Williams of the 6th, Price of the
56th, Johnson of the 1st and others
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 21-2-417 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to identification of voters at the polls, so as to
require photographic identification of voters at the polling places prior to
voting and to eliminate the ability to submit an affidavit in lieu of presenting
a valid form of identification; to provide an effective date; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 21-2-417 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to identification of voters at the polls, is amended by
striking said Code section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"21-2-417.
(a)
Each elector shall present proper identification to a poll worker at or prior to
completion of a voter´s certificate at any polling place and prior to such
person´s admission to the enclosed space at such polling place. Proper
identification shall consist of any one of the
following:
(1) A valid Georgia driver´s
license;
(2) A valid identification card containing
a photograph of the elector and issued by a branch, department, agency, or
entity of the State of Georgia, any other state, or the United States authorized
by law to issue personal identification;
(3) A valid
United States passport;
(4) A valid employee
identification card containing a photograph of the elector and issued by any
branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, this
state, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this
state;
(5) A valid employee identification card
containing a photograph of the elector and issued by any employer of the elector
in the ordinary course of such employer´s business;
(6) A valid student identification card containing a
photograph of the elector from any public or private college, university, or
postgraduate technical or professional school located within the State of
Georgia; or
(7) A valid Georgia hunting
or fishing license;
(8) A valid
Georgia license to carry a pistol or
revolver;
(9) A valid pilot´s
license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration or other authorized agency
of the United States;
(10)
(7) A valid United States military identification card containing a
photograph of the
elector.;
(11) A
certified copy of the elector´s birth
certificate;
(12) A valid social
security card;
(13) Certified
naturalization documentation; or
(14)
A certified copy of court records showing adoption, name, or sex
change.
(b) If an elector is unable
to produce any of the items of identification listed in subsection (a) of this
Code section, he or she shall sign a statement under oath in a form approved by
the Secretary of State, separate and distinct from the elector´s voter
certificate, swearing or affirming that he or she is the person identified on
the elector´s voter certificate. Such person shall be allowed to vote
without undue delay. Falsely swearing or affirming such statement under oath
shall be punishable as a felony, and the penalty shall be distinctly set forth
on the face of the
statement."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective on the first day of January
following the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or becomes law
without such approval.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.