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2020 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
§ 21-2-578. Unfolding, Opening, or Prying Into Ballots
Universal Citation: GA Code § 21-2-578 (2020)
Any person who, before any ballot is deposited in the ballot box as provided by this chapter, willfully unfolds, opens, or pries into any such ballot with the intent to discover the manner in which the same has been marked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1933, § 34-1923, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 31/HB 540.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting not required.
- An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-578 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
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