O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-561 (2019)

False registration

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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Any person who: (1) Registers as an elector knowing that such elector does not possess the qualifications required by law;

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(2) Registers as an elector under any other name than the elector’s own name; or (3) Knowingly gives false information when registering as an elector shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or to pay a fine not to exceed $100,000.00, or both.

History

Ga. L. 1894, p. 115, § 13; Penal Code 1895, § 625; Penal Code 1910, § 660; Code 1933, § 34-9901; Code 1933, § 34-

1902, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 3/SB 40.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Applicability. - This section was applicable in the case of one who removed disqualification and became a legal voter. Drake v. Drewry, 112 Ga. 308, 37 S.E. 432,

1900 Ga. LEXIS 134 (1900) see also Cole v. McClendon, 109 Ga. 183, 34 S.E. 384, 1899 Ga. LEXIS 606 (1899).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Changing racial designation. - Person may change the racial designation given on that voter’s registration card

without penalty. 1977 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 77-28.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 448.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 572, 573.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Frazier v. Se. Georgia Health Sys., Inc. (S.D. Ga. 2022).

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Frazier v. Se. Georgia Health Sys., Inc. (S.D. Ga. 2022). · cites it 2× “83 at 6-7 (citing O.C.G.A. § 21-2-561), Defendants argue that Mr.”

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