Welcome to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Military and Overseas Voter Information Page!

Your Georgia voting rights extend all over the globe and we want to make voting outside of your home county easy and efficient.  Please review the questions and answers below to ensure that you are able to participate in the upcoming elections – even while away from home.

1. What are the qualifications to vote as a Georgia citizen?   9. When is the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot?
2. What is UOCAVA?   10. How do I get my request for an absentee ballot to my county office?
3. Who is a Military Voter?   11. What happens after I mail, *fax or *email (ATTACHMENT) my absentee ballot application?
4. Who is an overseas voter?   12. What do I do after I receive my absentee ballot?
5. I'm not registered to vote.  When is the deadline?   13. What if I do not receive my ballot in time?
6. As a UOCAVA voter, how do I register to vote?   14. What do I do if there is a runoff?
7. What happens after I submit my voter registration application to my home county?   15. What if am no longer a UOCAVA voter or I have been assigned to a new location?
8. As a UOCAVA voter, how do I request an absentee ballot?