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

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-591 (2019)

Poll officers permitting unlawful assistance to voters

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Any poll officer who permits a voter to be accompanied by another into the voting compartment or voting machine booth when such poll officer knows that the disability which the voter declared at the time of registration no longer exists or that the disability which the voter declared at the time of voting did not exist shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1927, enacted by Ga. L.

1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-591 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, § 449.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.