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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 21 - ELECTIONS (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-5-76)
Chapter 2 - ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES GENERALLY (§§ 21-2-1 — 21-2-604)
Article 11 - PREPARATION FOR AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS (§§ 21-2-400 — 21-2-486)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-2-400 — 21-2-421)
- Section 21-2-400 - Duty of superintendent to obtain cards of instruction, blank forms of oaths, and other forms and supplies; preparation and distribution of sample or facsimile ballot labels
- Section 21-2-401 - Delivery of forms and supplies to precincts; distribution of copy of certified electors list; contents of list; authentication; return receipts; master list of county or municipal electors; items to be provided at polling place
- Section 21-2-402 - Voter's certificates; preparation, forms, and procedures
- Section 21-2-403 - Time for opening and closing of polls; extended poll hours
- Section 21-2-404 - Affording employees time off to vote
- Section 21-2-405 - Poll officers; arrival at precinct; failure to appear; custodians of voting materials
- Section 21-2-406 - Public performance of duties by officials
- Section 21-2-407 - Duty of registrars to review qualifications of electors who may have been erroneously omitted from list of electors; authority to place such electors on the list
- Section 21-2-408 - Poll watchers; designation; duties; removal for interference with election; reports of infractions or irregularities; ineligibility of candidates to serve; training
- Section 21-2-409 - Assisting electors who cannot read English or who have disabilities
- Section 21-2-409.1 - Voting by electors who are 75 years of age or older or disabled electors without having to wait in line
- Section 21-2-410 - Poll officers authorized to give instructions to electors upon request
- Section 21-2-411 - Return of checked list of electors and voter's certificates to superintendent; disposition of list and certificates by registrars
- Section 21-2-412 - Duties of superior courts on days of primaries and elections
- Section 21-2-413 - Conduct of voters, campaigners, and others at polling places generally
- Section 21-2-414 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Restrictions on campaign activities, giving of food or water, and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place; cellular phone use prohibited; prohibition of candidates from entering certain polling places
- Section 21-2-414 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Restrictions on campaign activities, giving of food or water, and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place; cellular phone use prohibited; prohibition of candidates from entering certain polling places
- Section 21-2-415 - [Repealed and Reserved] Requirements as to identification of campaign literature; unauthorized use of another's name in connection with campaign material; penalty
- Section 21-2-416 - [Repealed] Methods of casting ballots in elections utilizing paper ballots or vote recorders
- Section 21-2-417 - Presentation of proper identification to poll workers; swearing of statement when unable to produce; use of provisional ballots; penalty for false swearing
- Section 21-2-417.1 - Voter identification card
- Section 21-2-418 - Provisional ballots
- Section 21-2-419 - Validation of provisional ballots; reporting to Secretary of State
- Section 21-2-420 - Procedure for counting and tabulation of ballots
- Section 21-2-421 - Posting of required information after closing of polls; reporting to Secretary of State
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