{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-588","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-2-588","heading":"Premature counting of votes by poll officer.","body":"Except as provided in Code Section 21-2-386, any poll officer who counts any votes before the close of the polls or before the last person has voted, whichever occurs later in time, on the day of any primary or election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","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":"e3cdfcdd927128c2157330e085182f77f4ea86835eacf9c8098e692316f2f89d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-587","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-2-589"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}