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SB 198 - Elections; definitions; cover all disabilities in providing assistance in voting
SB 198 amends Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to primaries and elections generally. The bill provides the definition for “disability” and “major life activities”. It covers all disabilities in providing assistance in voting.
Any absentee elector may make, either by mail, by facsimile transmission, by electronic transmission, or in person in the registrar's or absentee ballot clerk’s office, an application for an official ballot of the elector's precinct to be voted at the primary, election, or runoff. In the case of an elector residing temporarily out of the county or municipality or a physically disabled elector residing within the county or municipality, the application for the elector's absentee ballot may, upon satisfactory proof of relationship, be made by the elector's mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, spouse, son, daughter, niece, nephew, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the age of 18 or over. Relatives applying for absentee ballots for electors must also sign an oath stating that facts in the application are true.
NO ACTION was taken on SB 198 by the Senate Ethics Committee. |