For five months, the Super Voter team has been driving all over Georgia registering citizens to vote. It’s an important job. Many Georgians are unaware that they are even eligible to vote. For example, formerly incarcerated people will often say, “I can’t vote, I’m a felon.” What they don’t know is that if they are “off paper” (meaning they have completed their sentence, paid all fines, and completed probation or parole) they are eligible to register and participate in this important election.

Young people often don’t realize they can register as well. If you are at least 17 and a half years old, you can submit your registration so you are ready to vote as soon as you turn 18. Are you a new student that just moved to Georgia? No problem. Once you have an address in the state, you can register at that address. Permanent residency requirements for universities don’t apply to voting. Don’t have a regular place to stay? That’s ok too. You can use a shelter, a church, or even the cross streets you hang out at to register. Not having a house or apartment doesn’t mean you can’t vote. If you live in Georgia, you have the right to vote.

Another group that is often unsure about their ability to vote is Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Georgians. Rest assured, no matter your gender marker or pronouns, you have the right to vote. You can go to https://georgiaequality.org/transgender-voter-id-toolkit/ to learn more about voting as a Trans person in Georgia. The important thing is that the gender marker on your voter registration matches the gender marker that is on the ID you are using to vote.

Speaking of ID’s, the address on your ID does not have to match the address on your registration! The poll workers are only using your ID to check your name and your face. Don’t let an out of date ID stop you from voting. If you have a question about ID’s you can go to spreadthevote.org to learn more.

As you can see, there’s a lot of confusion around voting in Georgia. Which is why the Super Voter Team has been at the VA Hospitals, MARTA Stations, Universities in Morrow, Macon, Lawrenceville, Gainesville, Atlanta, Athens, and Augusta. We’ve gone door to door in LaGrange, set up drives in Columbus, and visited churches in Stone Mountain. We’ve registered voters at four different Pride Festivals in four cities this summer and we are headed to Valdosta for South Georgia Pride this weekend! We have registered over 2,325 Georgians and we are not done yet. Soon we will be contacting Georgians all over the state to make sure they have what they need to vote: ID’s, information on candidates and knowledge of their polling locations. Democracy works best when people participate; not just the privileged, the educated, the middle-aged the wealthy or the white, but ALL people. If you want to help ALL Georgians vote this fall, email email hidden; JavaScript is required to find out how you can help.