Signed by Governor Brian Kemp

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a board of elections and registration procedures for Troup County and provides for its powers and duties.

Highlights:

• Requires the Troup County Board of Elections and Registration shall be composed of five members to be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Commissioners of Troup County, Georgia (Sec. 1-3.a).

• Establishes the members serving as board members as of the effective date of this Act will be relieved of all powers, duties, rights, privileges, and responsibilities as members of the board and such members shall deliver to the Troup County Election Supervisor all equipment, supplies, materials, books, papers, records, and facilities about these powers and duties (Sec. 1-3.f).

• Prohibits the election supervisor from being a member of the board; they must act only as a delegate of the board of elections and registration; and must not be subject to the qualification provisions for board members, election superintendents, or registrars (Sec. 1-4.b).

• Requires the election supervisor to serve as staff support for the board, attend meetings of the board, assist the board in fulfilling its duty of voter registration and elections as its delegate, and provide daily employee supervision of other county employees provided to assist the board (Sec. 1-4.e).

• Prohibits a person who holds any federal, state, or local elective public office from being eligible for appointment to the board during the term of such elective office and the position of any member will be deemed vacant upon such member's qualifying as a candidate for elective public office (Sec. 1-5.a).

• Requires each member of the board of elections and registration to take substantially the same oath as required by law for registrars before entering upon his or her duties. Each member will have the same privileges from arrest provided by law for registrars (Sec. 1-5.c).

• Establishes each member of the board has the right to resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the governing authority of the county and the Clerk of Superior Court of Troup County (Sec. 1-5.e).

• Establishes in the event a vacancy occurs on the board before the expiration of a member's term, whether by removal, death, resignation or otherwise, the county will, within 90 days following such vacancy, appoint a successor to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. The Clerk of Superior Court will be notified of the appointment and record and certify the appointment in the same manner as the regular appointment of members (Sec. 1-6.a).

• Specifies this act will become effective on January 1, 2022; provided, however, that for purposes of making the initial appointment and certification of the new board members, this Act will become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval (Sec. 2).

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