The voter registration cards of electors whose names appear on either the official list of electors or the list of inactive electors shall be retained on file as long as the elector remains on such lists and for a period of two years following the removal from the lists; provided, however, that an original voter registration card may be destroyed if an image of the face of the card is stored electronically. The registration applications of persons whose applications were rejected and all related material and records, or electronic facsimiles thereof, shall be retained on file for a period of two years after the date of the rejection. All records concerning list maintenance activities under Code Sections 21-2-233 and 21-2-234 shall be maintained for a period of two years and shall be available for public inspection and copying, except to the extent that such records relate to a declination to register to vote or to the identity of a voter registration agency through which any particular elector is registered. Such records shall contain the name and address of all electors to whom confirmation notices are sent and information concerning whether each such elector has responded to such notice. The State Election Board shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the safekeeping and maintenance of electronic records of voter registration records maintained under this Code section. History. Code 1981, § 21-2-236 , enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 3; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 995, § 21/SB 92. Cross references. Maintenance and disposition of public records generally, § 50-18-90 et seq. Article 7 Precincts and Polling Places 21-2-260. Designation of precincts. 21-2-261. Change in boundaries of precinct; creation of new precincts. 21-2-261.1. Boundary requirements for precincts. 21-2-262. Investigation as to division, redivision, alteration, formation, or consolidation of precincts; petition of electors or board of registrars. 21-2-263. Reduction in size of, or provision of additional voting equipment or poll workers to, precincts containing more than 2,000 electors when voting in such precincts at previous general election not completed one hour after closing of polls. 21-2-264. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for costs incurred pursuant to alteration of precinct boundaries. 21-2-265. Duty of superintendent to select polling places; change; notice of change; objecting to proposed change; space for political parties holding primaries; facilities for disabled voters; selection of polling place outside precinct; restriction on changing polling place. 21-2-266. Polling places and advance voting locations — Use of public buildings; use of portable or movable facilities; unrestricted access to residential communities. 21-2-267. Polling places — Equipment; arrangement; storage. 21-2-268. Compensation for rent, heat, light, and janitorial services. 21-2-269. Construction of rooms for use as temporary polling places. 21-2-270. Run-off primaries. Law reviews. For article, “SB 202: Revisions to Georgia’s Election and Voting Procedures,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2021). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Implementation of voting precinct boundary changes. — With respect to counties having a population of 250,000 or less according to the United States Decennial Census of 1970 or any such future census, it is the superintendent who implements the voting precinct boundary changes set forth in O.C.G.A. § 21-2-260 et seq., notwithstanding any local Act establishing the governing authority as the entity implementing such changes. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-40.
§ § 21-2-236Periods of retention of registration cards, applications, and records of list maintenance activities; rules and regulations regarding safekeeping and maintenance of electronic records
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