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2021 Georgia Code
Title 21 - Elections
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
§ 21-2-590. Poll Officer Permitting Unregistered or Unqualified Persons to Vote; Refusing to Permit Registered and Qualified Persons to Vote; Unlawful Rendering of Assistance
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GA Code § 21-2-590 (2021)
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Any poll officer who:
- Permits any unregistered person to vote at any primary or election, knowing such person is unregistered;
- Permits any person registered as an elector to vote, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote, whether or not such person has been challenged;
- Refuses to permit any duly registered and qualified person to vote at any primary or election, with the knowledge that such person is entitled to vote; or
- Renders assistance to an elector in voting in violation of Code Section 21-2-409, or knowingly permits another person to render such assistance in violation of Code Section 21-2-409
shall be guilty of a felony.
(Code 1933, § 34-1920, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 12/SB 40.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Fingerprinting required.
- An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-590 would be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 449.
C.J.S.- 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.
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