SB 377: Elections and Primaries; curbside voting for certain voters who because of disability or age cannot enter a polling place or are unable to wait in line to vote; authorize

Under current Georgia law, most voters must cast ballots inside the polling place, with existing curbside options limited to certain assistance provisions. This bill adds a new section to Georgia's election code (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-409.2) letting an elector who cannot enter the polling place or wait in line because of disability or age vote from a vehicle parked in a clearly marked area near the polling place. Poll workers would verify the voter's identification, bring out a paper ballot like the ones used for absentee voting, and the voter would hand-mark it, fold it for secrecy, and return it to a poll worker to carry inside and place in a sealed ballot box. These ballots would be tabulated at the precinct after polls close, the same way regular ballots are counted. The bill also directs the Secretary of State to run a pilot test of curbside voting during the November 2025 election and report results to legislative election committees within 90 days, and it updates reporting rules so precincts separately count and post the number of curbside ballots cast.

• Creates a new legal right for voters who cannot enter a polling place or wait in line due to disability or age to vote from a vehicle in a designated parking area.
• Requires poll workers to verify the voter's ID, bring out an absentee-style paper ballot, and collect the folded, hand-marked ballot for secure placement in a sealed ballot box.
• Bars anyone other than the voter from being in the vehicle during curbside voting, except those entitled to voting assistance under existing law.
• Directs the Secretary of State to run a pilot program testing curbside voting during the November 2025 election and report findings to legislative committees within 90 days.
• Requires election superintendents to supply enough ballots, ballot boxes, counting equipment, and marked signage for curbside voting at each polling place.
• Amends the ballot-counting law (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-420) to require precincts to separately tally and publicly post the number of curbside ballots cast.

Voters with disabilities or age-related mobility limits who cannot enter a polling place or stand in line, poll managers and poll workers who must administer the new procedure, election superintendents responsible for supplying equipment, poll watchers who may observe curbside voting, and the Secretary of State's office, which runs the pilot program.

For eligible voters, this would create a legal path to vote without entering a building or standing in line, potentially making voting more accessible. Election offices would need new equipment, signage, and staff procedures, and the pilot program's results could shape whether curbside voting expands statewide.

• Section 1 adds new Code Section 21-2-409.2, letting electors who can't enter a polling place or wait in line due to disability or age vote from a vehicle in a marked parking area after showing ID.
• The new section requires at least two poll workers to bring the ballot and voter certificate to the vehicle, and lets poll watchers observe at their discretion.
• Curbside voters use the same type of ballot as absentee voters, but fold rather than seal it in an envelope, and a poll worker carries it inside to a sealed ballot box.
• Curbside ballots are tabulated at the precinct after polls close using the same method as other precinct ballots (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-483).
• Subsection (g) requires the Secretary of State to run a curbside voting pilot program during the November 2025 election and report results to legislative election committees within 90 days.
• Section 2 amends O.C.G.A. § 21-2-420 to require precincts to separately report and publicly post the number of curbside ballots cast, alongside total and provisional ballot counts.
• Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws.

1. 2025-04-04Senate Read and Referred (Senado)
2. 2025-04-04Senate Hopper (Senado)

• Max Burns (R, SD-023)Patrocinador principal
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)
• Sally Harrell (D, SD-040)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)

• curbside voting
• disability voting access
• election accessibility
• Georgia election law
• voting procedures