Register to Vote or Update Voter Registration
Voter Registration application:
Online Voter Registration:
Check your voter registration status:
Cancel My Voter Registration:
- To cancel your voter registration, click the link below to print the Voter Registration Cancellation Form. The form must be filled out, signed and returned to the Elections and Voter Registration Office by mail or in person to 226 Candler Street, Homer, GA. 30547 or emailed to gbanister@co.banks.ga.us
Georgia Online Voter Registration Cancellation/Removal Portal
- You can also go online to cancel your voter registration by clicking the link below.
Georgia Voter Registration Cancellation/Removal Form
Voter Registration Information:
- Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety Driver's Services
- Department of Human Resources' Public Assistance Offices (WICS, DFACS, Rehab)
- Public Libraries
- Recruitment Offices
- County courthouses and city halls
- Elections and Voter Registration Office
- Colleges and high schools for students and personnel
Voter Qualifications and Registration
If you meet the following qualifications, you may register to vote:
- A citizen of the United States
- A legal resident of Georgia and the county in which you wish to vote
- At least 18 year of age by election day
You may not register to vote if you are currently:
- Serving any sentence imposed by the conviction of a felony
- Judicially determined to be mentally incompetent
You may register to vote at any time, but you must be registered by the fifth Monday prior to an election if you wish to vote on Election Day. The application must be postmarked by the voter registration deadline.
Change of Residence
- Voters are required to notify the board of registrars of their county of residence whenever they move.
- If you move within the same county in which you are registered to vote and don't notify the registrar at least 30 days prior to an election, you may vote in your old polling place for that election. You must file a notice of your new address. This can be done by writing your county board of registrars' office, or by submitting a new voter registration application.
- If you move outside the county in which you are registered to vote within 30 days of an election, you may vote in your old precinct for that election.
- If you move outside the county in which you are registered to vote in excess of 30 days prior to an election, you have lost your eligibility to vote in the county of your old residence. You must register to vote in your new county of residence. If you don't register to vote by the deadline, you cannot vote in that particular election.
Registering to Vote
Obtaining a Voter Registration Application
- Download, print, fill out, and sign a postage-paid voter registration application by clicking here.
- Contact the Banks County Board of Elections and Registration Office (BOER), 226 Candler Street, Homer, Ga. (706) 677-6260 M-F from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Banks County Library
- Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS)
- Any military recruitment office
- Banks County High School
- Utilize "Motor Voter" registration that is offered when you renew or apply for your driver's license or identification card at the Department of Driver Services, 1505 Highway 29 North, Athens, Georgia
- College student may obtain a voter registration application from their school registrar's office or the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
- Visiting Georgia Online Voter Registration website by clicking this link
Mail your completed voter registration application to:
Banks County Board of Elections and Registration
226 Candler Street, Homer, GA 30547
Or deliver it to the BOER Office at 226 Candler Street, Homer, GA
Once your application has been approved, your precinct card will be mailed to you.
Precinct Cards
Precinct cards are not required to vote, but are simply an informational tool to inform voters of their polling location and the districts for which they are eligible to cast their ballot. Voters who do not receive a card within two or three weeks following the filing of a Voter Registration Application are encouraged to verify their voting information by visiting https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ on the Secretary of State’s website, or contact the BOER to request a new precinct card or to check the status of your application. Voters are also encouraged to visit the BOER’s website at https://www.bankscountyga.org/voter-registration to stay abreast of all things regarding the current election year including sample countywide ballots. Voters may also visit www.sos.ga.gov/# on the Secretary of State’s website to see a copy of their voter specific ballot.
If you have misplaced your precinct card please contact the BOER for a replacement.
Voting at Your Precinct
When you arrive at your precinct, you will check in with our staff where they will asks for your picture identification, your name and residence address. This process takes place on our election poll pads.
Proper identification shall consist of any one of the following:
- A Georgia driver's license, even if expired;
- Any valid state or federal government-issued photo ID, including a FREE Voter ID card issued by the county registrar's office of the Department of Driver Services (DDS);
- A valid United States passport;
- A valid employee photo identification card containing photo of elector and issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, Georgia, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this state;
- A valid United States military identification card, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector; or
- A valid tribal photo identification card containing a photograph of the elector.
NOTE: Persons voting by mail do not need to provide a photo ID, provided proper identification was submitted at time of registration. The photo ID rules only apply to in-person voting by:
- advance voting
- voting at a precinct
FREE Georgia Voter Identification Card
Banks County registered voters who do not have one of the six (6) state approved identification cards for voting, may obtain a free Georgia photo identification card from:
- the Department of Driver Services, 1505 Highway 29 North, Athens, Georgia
- the BOER Office, 226 Candler Street, Homer, Georgia
In order to get a FREE Georgia Voter Identification Card, a voter will need to provide the following:
- A photo identity document, or a non-photo identity document (must include voter's full legal name and date of birth)
- Documentation showing voter's date of birth
- Evidence that voter is registered to vote in Georgia
- Documentation showing voter's name and residential address.
The free Georgia Voter Identification Card is to be used for voting purposes only.
Voters who do not have any of the forms of identification listed, may vote a provisional ballot upon swearing or affirming that the voter is the person identified in the elector's voter certificate. Such provisional ballot shall only be counted if the BOER is able to verify current and valid identification of the voter within three days following a primary or election.
For additional information, please visit the Secretary of State's web site at www.sos.ga.gov/# or call the Elections Division at (404) 656-2871.
