2020 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
§ 21-2-602. Compensation for Soliciting Persons to Register to Vote Prohibited
It shall be illegal to receive, accept, offer, or provide compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote based upon the number of persons registered and any person who knowingly receives, accepts, offers, or provides such compensation on such basis shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1981, §21-2-600, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 14; Code 1981, §21-2-602, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1998, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-601 as present Code Section 21-2-602.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting not required.
- An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-602 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
