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Election day packing list: bring your ID.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When you head out to vote today — polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — bring a bottle of water or an iPod to amuse yourself in a long line. (Especially if you’re voting before 9:30 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m., the busiest hours, according to the Secretary of State.)
Don’t bring your campaign buttons and signs; they’re not allowed within 150 feet of a polling place.
But please, bring a piece of government-issued photo ID.
Here’s the list, straight from the Georgia Secretary of State..
At your polling place, you’ll fill out a voter’s certificate with your name and residence address. Poll workers will verify that you’re registered in that precinct. (To be sure, search for your polling place ahead of time.)
You will have to present a piece of government-issued photo ID, but don’t think you’re out of luck if you don’t have a Georgia driver’s license.
Here’s a list. You need only one.
- A “properly issued” Georgia driver’s license.
- A valid voter ID card or photo ID “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 containing a photograph.” (Newcomers, take note of what the Secretary of State press office told me yesterday afternoon: what they’re looking for are people legally able to vote who met the registration deadline and offer up a government-issued photo ID, even if it’s not from Georgia.)
- A valid U.S. passport.
- A valid employee ID card with a photo of the elector from a U.S., state, county, municipality or other entity of the state.
- A valid U.S. military ID card with a photo.
- A valid tribal identification card with a photo.
Also: a first-time registrant by mail — that’d be me! — may provide a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document that shows the name and address of the elector.
If you, newcomer, registered to vote and didn’t show proof of address or a photo ID at the time, you can do so at the polls. It’s fine if it’s, say, your Kentucky driver’s license. (Although you’re supposed to update that within 30 days of establishing residency here. Um. Oops?) Bring something with a current address to make it absolutely clear that, yes, you are registered, live here legally and have a right to vote.
So what if you don’t pack properly? You can fill out a provisional ballot. But for that to be counted, you show a photo ID with two days following the election.
Happy voting!
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