Election officials in some Georgia counties are changing their Web sites after a voting-rights group complained that they contained "erroneous" and "illegal" information about the requirements for conducting unofficial voter registration drives.

The Advancement Project in Washington contacted the Secretary of State's office and local election officials in all 159 counties this week about the problem. The group said it didn't know how widespread the problem is, but said spot checks showed at least six counties, including Cherokee, DeKalb and Gwinnett, were posting bad information.

Some of the Web sites listed requirements for conducting voter registration drives that were banned in a 2006 federal court consent order.

For example, some of the Web sites said only deputy registrars can take a completed voter registration application, which is not true. They also stated incorrectly that volunteers must be trained and the county and U.S. Department of Justice must approve the date, location, volunteers and the sponsoring group. Some Web sites warned it was illegal to conduct door-to-door registration drives.

Georgia law allows anyone to hand out and collect voter registration applications. No county or state approval is required. Door-to-door registration is allowed.

Cherokee County elections and registration supervisor Janet Munda said her office had corrected the information on the agency's Web site after the advocacy group, Advancement Project, contacted her.

"We know the employees have not been giving out [bad information] over the telephone or to anyone walking in," Munda said Wednesday. "We reviewed our Web sites ... and under 'frequently asked questions' we did have ... old and antiquated information."

The group contacted Georgia officials after getting complaints from individuals conducting registration drives.

"It creates confusion. It's intimidation [by] saying it's illegal and a felony," said Advancement Project attorney Brad Heard, who wrote the letters to the state and the counties.

"I think the language [on various Web sites] is confusing and I think the motivation probably varies from county to county," Heard said. "Some counties, I think, intentionally try to blur the line because they don't like the fact that private groups can go unregulated and they have no control over them. ... Other counties may not understand [the law]."

Linda Latimore, director of registrations and elections in DeKalb County, said the distribution of incorrect information by her office was "an oversight. I don't believe people are trying to stop these organizations" running registration drives.

"Everybody can do it," Latimore said about registration drives. "We need the help. Please register people. Please."

The flawed literature available to those coming to the DeKalb office was removed and the Web site has been revamped, Latimore said.

Lynn Ledford in Gwinnett said elections staff had been reminded of the law and the county's Web site had been changed. "There is a very fine line as to how you interpret it [the law]," Ledford said. "Our job is not to disenfranchise voters. We don't want to be an impediment... We would not ever intentionally do anything like that. The information we got was ambiguous. Did we misinterpret it? Possibly so."