Delores Everette - Echols County Chief Registrar
Email: deverette@yahoo.com

Delores Everette

I am married to G. C. Everette and we have two (2) children Anthony and Sheree. I was born and raised in Echols and I am retired from the US Postal Service after thirty (30) years. I work part-time for Carson McLane Funeral Home. I have been on the Registrar's  Board since 2001. I am a member of Statenville Baptist Church where I am the Treasurer, Sunday School Teacher and Assistant Pianist. I am on the Statenville Cemetery Committee and a member of the Historical Society. My hobbies include gardening or just digging in the dirt. I am known in Echols for my Famous Fired Pear Tarts.
Services provided:

  • This Office is responsible for receiving, updating, deleting, and maintaining voter registration applications, as well as keeping these records in a secure location.

  • Coordinating with 158 counties in the State with reference to record entry.
    Interact with the City of Braswell, Dallas and Hiram, to provide elector’s list for
    city elections, and city jurisdiction.

  • Purge records when requested by either voter or State.

  • Hold monthly Board of Elections meetings. Minutes are on file for review.

  • Absentee Voting 45 days prior to election date. We also are responsible for giving credit for voting to all voters that vote in elections.

  • Responsible for maintaining street index, death records, moved out of county/state
    records, and felony records (voters convicted of a felony is removed from the
    elector’s list until term of sentence is completed, at which time the citizen must reapply).

  • Maintains and provides Master and Elector’s List for entire County.

  • Obtain voter count on monthly basis.

  • Attend State Mandated Training yearly.

Helpful Georgia Election Codes:


Georgia Election Code section 21-2-226 explains the duties of county Board of Elections in determining eligibility of voters; maps of municipal boundaries; notice of ineligibility; issuance of registration cards; reimbursement for postage cost.

Once a person is found to be eligible to vote, the county board of Elections shall have the duty of determining and placing the elector in the proper Congressional district, state Senate district, state House district; county commission district, if any; and municipal governing authority district, if any; such other voting districts, if any; and precinct.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-227 explains the duty of Elections to furnish list of electors for elections held in governmental subdivisions.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-228 explains examination of elector’s qualifications; notice and hearing; right of appeal.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-229 explains challenge of applicant for registration by other electors; notice and hearing; right of appeals.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-230 explains challenge of persons on list of electors by other electors; procedure; hearing; right of appeal.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-231 explains convicted felons, persons declared mentally incompetent, and deceased persons provided to Secretary of State; removal of names from list of electors; timing.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-234 outlines electors who have failed to vote and with whom there has been no contact in three years; confirmation notice requirements and procedures; time for completion of list maintenance activities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-236 outlines periods of retention of registration cards, applications, and records of list maintenance activities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-386 outlines safekeeping, certification, and validation of absentee ballots; rejection of ballot; delivery of ballots to manager; duties of managers; precinct returns; notification of challenged elector.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-387 outlines procedure for ballots of deceased electors.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-388 outlines cancellation of absentee ballots of electors who are present in election precinct during primaries and elections.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-407 outlines duty to review qualifications of electors omitted from electors list; authority to place electors on list.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-409 outlines assisting electors who cannot read English or have physical disabilities.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-561 outlines false registration.

Georgia Election Code section 21-2-384 ( c ), 21-2-570 outlines voter fraud as a felony.