2020 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 11 - Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 21-2-406. Public Performance of Duties by Officials

Superintendents, poll officers, and other officials engaged in the conducting of primaries and elections held under this chapter shall perform their duties in public.

(Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 16; Civil Code 1895, § 65; Civil Code 1910, § 75; Code 1933, § 34-1102; Code 1933, § 34-1309, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 6; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Inspection of returned absentee ballots prior to polls closing not required.

- Boards of registrars are not required to make returned absentee ballots subject to inspection prior to the closing of polls. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-31.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 90 et seq.

- 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 324.