Today is the final day to register to vote and be eligible to cast a ballot in the January 5th Election

Today is the final day to register to vote and be eligible to vote in the upcoming January 5th Runoff Election.

According to Stephens County Registrar Eureka Gober, it’s fairly simple to register to vote through the Secretary of State’s Office website at registertovote.sos.ga.gov.

To register online, you must have a valid Georgia Driver’s License of ID Card issued by the Georgia Department of Driver Services.

Gober says, if you don’t have either of these things, you can pick up a mail-in form, from the Registrar’s Office.

To be eligible to vote in Georgia, you must be a U.S. citizen, a legal resident of whichever county you live in, and at least 18 years old on Election Day.

You also cannot be serving a sentence “for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude,” and you cannot have been found “mentally incompetent” by a judge.

If you are registered to vote or think you are, it’s important to check your voter registration status before the end of day today.

Georgia has a “use it or lose it” law and in January, the state removed thousands of inactive voters—those who had not voted in eight years—from state voter rolls.

To verify your voter status, visit the Georgia My Voter Page online at mvp.sos.ga.gov.

If something looks wrong with your registration status, contact Stephens County’s Registrar immediately.

Once you’re registered, the Georgia My Voter Page has a lot of information you’ll need for election day, including sample ballots and information about your polling place.

Again, today, December 7, is the last day to register to vote and be eligible to vote in the January election.

For additional information regarding registering to vote contact Gober by calling 706-886-8954.