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

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-439 (2019)

Decisions concerning questionable marks or defaced or mutilated ballots

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Decisions concerning questionable marks on ballots or defacing or mutilation of ballots and the count to be recorded thereon shall be made by the assistant managers; and, if they disagree, the chief manager shall make the decision.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1323, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Code 1933, § 34-1325, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 25; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Administrative rules and regulations. Definition of vote, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Returns of Primaries and Elections, § 1831-15-.02.

Annotations

Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Definition of vote, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Returns of Primaries and Elections, § 183-1-15-.02.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Rary v. Guess, 129 Ga. App. 102, 198 S.E.2d 879 (1973).