Georgia residents have until December 7, 2020, to register to vote in the Senate runoff elections in January if they are not already registered. They can visit georgia.gov/register-to-vote to register online or download postage-paid voter registration applications to register by mail.
U.S. citizens in Georgia are eligible to register to vote if they are a legal resident of a GA county, are not currently serving a sentence for a felony conviction involving ‘moral turpitude,’ and have not been found 'mentally incompetent’ by a judge. Georgians can even register to vote at 17 ½ years of age, though they won’t be able to vote until they turn 18.
The January 5 runoff elections will determine which party controls the Senate and likely whether President-elect Joe Biden will face obstructionism or partnership while pursuing his policy initiatives. In one race, Democrat Jon Ossoff faces off with Sen. David Perdue, a Republican senator who is under intense scrutiny amid reports of the potentially inappropriate use of his office to further his financial interests. In the other, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to her office in December 2019 and also faces allegations of financial misconduct related to her position, faces off against challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock, a senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Georgians have until December 7 to register online, or they must postmark their mail application by December 7. Visit georgia.gov/register-to-vote for more information.
