O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-406 (2019)

Public performance of duties by officials

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Superintendents, poll officers, and other officials engaged in the conducting of primaries and elections held under this chapter shall perform their duties in public.

History

Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 16; Civil Code 1895, § 65; Civil Code 1910, § 75; Code 1933, § 34-1102; Code 1933, § 34-1309,

enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 6; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Inspection of returned absentee ballots prior to polls closing not required. - Boards of registrars are not

required to make returned absentee ballots subject to inspection prior to the closing of polls. 1990 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 90-31.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 90 et seq.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 324.