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DeKalb elections board debates SB 189 compliance, seeks state guidance on registrants using nonresidential addresses
Summary
Board members debated how to implement SB 189’s ban on post‑office boxes and private mailboxes as proof of residency, with some urging expedited removal procedures under county code and others cautioning about protections for homeless voters and domestic‑violence survivors.
The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections spent a substantial portion of its meeting discussing county implementation of SB 189, a state law that clarifies that a post office box or private mailbox service does not by itself establish residency.
Board member Gail Lee read language from the code and said counties can pursue list‑maintenance hearings (2‑28 procedures) to examine elector qualifications. "If the information is false to begin with, it should have been rejected at the beginning," Lee said, arguing that an expedited…
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