O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-320 (2019)

Power of municipal governing authority to authorize use of and to procure voting machines

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The governing authority of any municipality may at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, by a majority vote, authorize and direct the use of voting machines for recording and computing the vote at all elections held in the municipality; and thereupon the governing authority shall purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise procure voting machines conforming to the requirements of this part.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1202, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p.

295, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 38/HB 244.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 307. C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 261, 337, 338.

ALR. Constitutionality of statutes providing for use of voting machines, 66 A.L.R. 855.