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2018 Georgia Code 21-2-588 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 21-2-588 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 21-2-588

TITLE 21 ELECTIONS

Section 2. Elections and Primaries Generally, 21-2-1 through 21-2-604.

ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

21-2-588. Premature counting of votes by poll officer.

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.

(Code 1933, § 34-1939, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 34/HB 540.)

The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted "Except as provided in Code Section 21-2-386, any" for "Any" at the beginning of this Code section.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting not required.

- An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-588 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 453.

C.J.S.

- 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 548.

ALR.

- Admissibility of parol evidence of election officials to impeach election returns, 46 A.L.R.2d 1385.

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