{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-7-144","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-7-144","heading":"Patients’ right to vote.","body":"Each patient in a facility who is eligible to vote shall be given his right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of each facility shall permit and reasonably assist patients:\n(1) To obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots;\n(2) To comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting; and\n(3) To vote by absentee ballot if necessary.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 7 Hospitalization and Treatment of Alcoholics, Drug Dependent Individuals, and Drug Abusers","Article 6 Rights and Privileges of Patients, Their Representatives, and Others Generally","PART 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.37.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"c8dde3e89b2d5a882545bde5a531a602092d597beee86f65581fd29cd88c73f4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-7-143","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-7-145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}