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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-587: Frauds by poll officers.

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  1. TITLE 21 Elections
  2. CHAPTER 2 Elections and Primaries Generally
  3. Article 15 Miscellaneous Offenses

Any poll officer who willfully:

(1) Makes a false return of the votes cast at any primary or election;

(2) Deposits fraudulent ballots in the ballot box or certifies as correct a false return of ballots;

(3) Registers fraudulent votes upon any voting machine or certifies as correct a return of fraudulent votes cast upon any voting machine;

(4) Makes any false entries in the electors list;

(5) Destroys or alters any ballot, voter’s certificate, or electors list;

(6) Tampers with any voting machine, direct recording electronic (DRE) equipment, electronic ballot marker, or tabulating machine or device;

(7) Prepares or files any false voter’s certificate not prepared by or for an elector actually voting at such primary or election; or

(8) Fails to return to the officials prescribed by this chapter, following any primary or election, any keys of a voting machine; ballot box; general or duplicate return sheet; tally paper; oaths of poll officers; affidavits of electors and others; record of assisted voters; numbered list of voters; electors list; voter’s certificate; spoiled and canceled ballots; ballots deposited, written, or affixed in or upon a voting machine; DRE, electronic ballot marker, or tabulating machine memory cards; or any certificate or any other paper or record required to be returned under this chapter

shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.

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