Title 21, Chapter 2, Section 231
( 21-2-231)
(a) The clerk of the superior court of each county shall, on or
before the tenth day of each month, prepare and transmit to the
Secretary of State, in a format as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, a complete list of all persons, including addresses, ages,
and other identifying information as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, who were convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude
during the preceding calendar month in the county. (b) The judge of the probate court of each county shall, on or
before the tenth day of each month, prepare and transmit to the
Secretary of State, in a format as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, a complete list of all persons, including addresses, ages,
and other identifying information as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, who were declared mentally incompetent during the preceding
calendar month in the county and whose voting rights were removed. (c) Upon receipt of the lists described in subsections (a) and (b)
of this Code section and the lists of persons convicted of felonies
in federal courts received pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section
1973gg-6(g), the Secretary of State shall transmit the names of such
persons whose names appear on the list of electors to the
appropriate county board of registrars who shall remove all such
names from the list of electors and shall mail a notice of such
action and the reason therefor to the last known address of such
persons by first-class mail. (d) The local registrar of vital statistics of each county shall, on
or before the tenth day of each month, prepare and transmit to the
Secretary of State, in a format as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, a complete list of all persons, including addresses, ages,
and other identifying information as prescribed by the Secretary of
State, who died during the preceding calendar month in the county.
The Secretary of State may, by agreement with the commissioner of
human resources, obtain such information from the state registrar of
vital statistics. Additionally, the Secretary of State is authorized
to obtain such lists of deceased Georgia electors, if possible, from
other states. (e) Upon receipt of the lists described in subsection (d) of this
Code section, the Secretary of State or his or her designated agent
shall remove all such names of deceased persons from the list of
electors and shall notify the registrar in the county where the
deceased person was domiciled at the time of his or her death. (f) County registrars shall initiate appropriate action regarding
the right of an elector to remain on the list of qualified
registered voters within 60 days after receipt of the information
described in this Code section. Failure to take such action may
subject the registrars or the governing authority for whom the
registrars are acting to a fine by the State Election Board. |