MARTA is holding a voter registration drive at one of its stations as part of National Voter Registration Day 2019.
The drive will be held at Five Points MARTA station from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, the transit agency announced.
Local nonprofits will be at the event registering voters. The event is nonpartisan and does not endorse a candidate, MARTA officials said.
Registrants must bring their state identification card or driver’s license. They must also provide the last four digits of their social security number.
RELATED| Georgia ranks high in voter cancellations and new registrations
Between 2016 and 2018, Georgia signed up more than 902,000 new voters, including 697,000 who were automatically registered when they got their driver's licenses, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
At the same time, election officials removed more than 797,000 voters from the rolls. Registrations were canceled because voters didn't participate in elections for several years, died, moved out of state or were convicted of a felony.
National Voter Registration Day has been observed since 2012. Last year, more than 800,000 people registered to vote on the holiday across all 50 states.
— Staff writer Mark Niesse contribued to this report.
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