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2020 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
§ 21-2-580. Tampering With, Damaging, Improper Preparation Of, or Prevention of Proper Operation of Voting Machines or Electronic Ballot Markers or Tabulating Machines
Universal Citation: GA Code § 21-2-580 (2020)
Any person who:
- Unlawfully opens, tampers with, or damages any voting machine or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine to be used or being used at any primary or election;
- Willfully prepares a voting machine or an electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine for use in a primary or election in improper order for voting; or
- Prevents or attempts to prevent the correct operation of such electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or voting machine
shall be guilty of a felony.
(Code 1933, § 34-1915, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 46/HB 316.)
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, inserted "or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine" in paragraph (1); inserted "or an electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine" in paragraph (2); and inserted "electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or voting" in paragraph (3).
Law reviews.- For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).
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