| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 48 1387 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Bill 363 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senator McLaurin of the 14th |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | To amend Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 8 | 8 | | qualifications of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | nonresidents who vote in presidential elections, retention of qualification for standing as3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | elector, evidence of citizenship, and check of convicted felons and deceased persons4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | databases, so as to provide restrictions of voting rights for judicially incompetent persons;5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualifications10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of nonresidents11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | who vote in presidential elections, retention of qualification for standing as elector, evidence12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | of citizenship, and check of convicted felons and deceased persons databases, is amended by13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | revising subsection (b) as follows:14 |
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| 21 | 21 | | "(b) In addition to the qualifications in subsection (a) of this Code section, no person who |
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| 23 | 23 | | has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude may register, remain registered,16 |
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| 24 | 24 | | S. B. 363 |
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| 25 | 25 | | - 1 - 25 LC 48 1387 |
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| 26 | 26 | | or vote except upon completion of the sentence and no person who has been judicially17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | determined to be mentally incompetent may register, remain registered, or vote unless the18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | disability has been removed."19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2.20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027, only if an amendment to the21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Constitution of Georgia is ratified at the November, 2026, general election removing a22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude as an exception to the right to register and23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | vote. If such an amendment to the Constitution is not so ratified, this Act shall not become24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | effective and shall stand repealed by operation of law on January 1, 2027.25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3.26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | S. B. 363 |
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| 38 | 38 | | - 2 - |
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