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O.C.G.A. § 21-2-404 · Affording employees time off to vote.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-405 · Meeting of poll officers at place of primary or election; oaths; failure of poll officer to appear; custodians of voting materials; temporary absence or disability; poll workers working less than entire day.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-406 · Public performance of duties by officials.
O.C.G.A. § 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.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-408 · Poll watchers; designation; duties; removal for interference with election; reports of infractions or irregularities; ineligibility of candidates to serve; training.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-409 · Assisting electors who cannot read English or who have disabilities.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-409.1 · Voting by electors who are 75 years of age or older or disabled electors without having to wait in line.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-410 · Poll officers authorized to give instructions to electors upon request.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-411 · Return of checked list of electors and voter’s certificates to superintendent; disposition of list and certificates by registrars.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-412 · Duties of superior courts on days of primaries and elections.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-413 · Conduct of voters, campaigners, and others at polling places generally.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-414 · 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; penalty.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-415 · [Reserved] Requirements as to identification of campaign literature; unauthorized use of another’s name in connection with campaign material; penalty.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-416 · [Reserved] Methods of casting ballots in elections utilizing paper ballots or vote recorders.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-417 · Presentation of identification to poll workers; form of proper identification; swearing of statement when unable to produce proper identification; provisional ballots for those; penalty for false statement under oath.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-417.1 · Voter identification card.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-418 · Provisional ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-419 · Validation of provisional ballots; reporting to Secretary of State.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-420 · Procedure for counting and tabulation of ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-421 · Posting of required information after closing of polls; reporting to Secretary of State.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-430 · Opening of ballot boxes; destruction of irrelevant materials; locking of ballot box; public breaking of seals; instruction cards and notices of penalties.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-431 · Execution of voter’s certificate; procedure upon qualification of elector; elector unable to sign name; voting outside precinct of residence; registration as prerequisite to voting.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-432 · Voter’s certificate binder as constituting official list of electors; separate preservation and disposition of refused applications.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-433 · Admission of electors to enclosed space; detachment of ballots from stubs and distribution of ballots to electors; return of canceled ballots to superintendent.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-434 · Restrictions as to removal of ballots from book or polling place; deposit of official ballots in box; disposition of unofficial ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-435 · Procedure as to marking and depositing of ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-436 · Duties of poll officers after the close of the polls.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-437 · Procedure as to count and return of votes generally; void ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-438 · Ballots identifying voter, not marked, or improperly marked declared void.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-439 · Decisions concerning questionable marks or defaced or mutilated ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-440 · Duty of poll officers to sign general returns; posting of copy of returns; delivery of copy of materials to superintendent.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-450 · Opening of polls; procedure when ballot labels misplaced; certification by managers; machines to be locked until polls open; officers to be near machines; inspection of machines; broken machines.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-451 · Execution of voter’s certificate; procedure upon qualification of elector; elector unable to sign name; voting outside of precinct of residence; registration prerequisite to voting.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-452 · Admission of electors to enclosed space; voting procedure generally; procedure as to write-in votes; voting by electors whose right to vote is challenged; disabled voters.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-453 · Voter’s certificate binder as constituting official list; separate preservation and return of refused applications.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-454 · Duties of poll officers after the close of the polls.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-455 · Canvass and return of votes.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-456 · Form of general return sheet, duplicate return sheets, and statement; posting of vote results; delivery of documents to superintendent; seal and return of electors list upon completion of vote count and tabulation.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-457 · Removal, storage, and examination of voting machines after completion of vote count.
O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-470 through 21-2-473 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-480 · Caption for ballots; party designations; form and arrangement.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-481 · Design, size, and stock of ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-482 · Absentee ballots for precincts using optical scanning voting equipment.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-483 · Counting of ballots; public accessibility to tabulating center and precincts; execution of ballot recap forms; procedure for torn, bent, or otherwise defective ballots; preparation of duplicate ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-484 · Requirements for ballot recap form; delivery.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-485 · Responsibilities of poll officers.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-486 · Votes for write-in candidates.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-490 · Hours of operation of office of superintendent and chairperson of county board of registrars on primary and election days; applicability to counties having population of 550,000 or more.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-491 · Public inspection of unsealed returns at office of superintendent; opening of sealed envelopes upon order of superintendent or court.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-492 · Computation and canvassing of returns; notice of place where returns will be computed and canvassed; blank forms for making statements of returns; swearing of assistants.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-493 · Computation, canvassing, and tabulation of returns; investigation of discrepancies in vote counts; recount procedure; pilot program for posting of digital images of scanned paper ballots; certification of returns; change in returns.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-494 · Computation and certification of write-in votes.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-495 · Procedure for recount or recanvass of votes; losing candidate’s right to a recount; rules and regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-496 · Preparation and filing by superintendent of four copies of consolidated return of primary; electronic filing; superintendent to furnish final copy of each ballot used for primary.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-497 · Preparation and filing by superintendent of four copies of consolidated return of elections; superintendent to furnish final copy of each ballot used for election.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-498 · Precertification tabulation audits.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-499 · Duty of Secretary of State as to tabulation, computation, and canvassing of votes for state and federal officers; certification of presidential electors by Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-500 · Delivery of voting materials; presentation to grand jury in certain cases; preservation and destruction; destruction of unused ballots.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501 · Number of votes required for election; runoff.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501.1 · [Repealed] Timing whenever a municipal general primary is held in conjunction with the general primary in even-numbered years.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-502 · Issuance of certificates of election and commission; Governor’s proclamation as to constitutional amendments.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-503 · Issuance of commission to person whose election is contested; procedure upon finding that person to whom commission was issued was not legally elected; swearing into office of person whose election is contested.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-504 · Special primary or election upon failure to nominate or elect or upon death, withdrawal, or failure of officer-elect to qualify.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-520 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-521 · Primaries and elections which are subject to contest; persons who may bring contest.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-522 · Grounds for contest.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-522.1 · Rebuttable presumption of legal vote in contested election.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-523 · Jurisdiction and general pretrial proceedings; notification of proceedings; selecting administrative judge; compensation of presiding judge.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524 · Filing and allegations of petition to contest primary or election; service of petition; verification; notice of proceedings to answer petition; service of special process; amendment.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-525 · Hearing; powers of court generally.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-526 · Trial by jury.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-527 · Pronouncement of judgment; effect of finding of misconduct by poll officers; calling of second primary, election, or runoff by court upon finding of defects.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-527.1 · Right of parties to object to settlement; court approval.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-528 · Appeals from court’s determination on contest petition.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-529 · Liability for costs; methods of collecting.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-540 · Conduct of special primaries and special elections generally.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-541 · Holding of special primary or special election at time of general primary or general election; inclusion of candidates and questions in special primary or special election on ballot.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-541.1 · Terms for all municipal offices elected at general municipal elections.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-541.2 · Providing by local law for terms of office.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-542 · Special primary and special election for United States senator vacancy; temporary appointment by Governor.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-543 · Special election for United States congressional representative vacancy.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-543.1 · Procedures for filling vacancies in federal House of Representatives.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-544 · Special election for General Assembly vacancy.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-545 · Procedure as to unopposed candidates.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-546 · Filling chief judge vacancies in civil and magistrate courts.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-560 · Making of false statements generally.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-561 · False registration.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-562 · Fraudulent entries; unlawful alteration or destruction of entries; unlawful removal of documents; neglect or refusal to deliver documents.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-563 · Improper signing or alteration of nomination petitions or affidavits.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-564 · Willful destruction, fraudulent filing, or suppression of nomination materials.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-565 · Making of false statements in connection with filing notice of candidacy or qualifying as candidate for party nomination; duties of district attorney as to violations.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-566 · Interference with primaries and elections generally.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-567 · Intimidation of electors.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-568 · Entry into voting compartment or booth while another voting; interfering with elector; inducing elector to reveal or revealing elector’s vote; influencing voter while assisting.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-568.1 · Intentional observation of voting; penalty.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-568.2 · Photographic and other electronic monitoring of ballots prohibited; penalty.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-569 · Interfering with poll officers.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-570 · Giving or receiving, offering to give or receive, or participating in the giving or receiving of money or gifts for registering as a voter, voting, or voting for a particular candidate.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-571 · Voting by unqualified elector or giving false information.
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-572 · Repeat voting in same primary or election.