{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-580","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-2-580","heading":"Tampering with, damaging, improper preparation of, or prevention of proper operation of voting machines or electronic ballot markers or tabulating machines.","body":"Any person who:\n(1) Unlawfully opens, tampers with, or damages any voting machine or electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine to be used or being used at any primary or election;\n(2) Willfully prepares a voting machine or an electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine for use in a primary or election in improper order for voting; or\n(3) Prevents or attempts to prevent the correct operation of such electronic ballot marker or tabulating machine or voting machine\nshall be guilty of a felony.","path":["TITLE 21 Elections","CHAPTER 2 Elections and Primaries Generally","Article 15 Miscellaneous Offenses"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.21.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1ee784c9673fd0413c6fa0a7d55e779b0da664bbb519806b248f530f30141696","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-579","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-581"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}