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

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-597 (2019)

Intentional interference with performance of election duties

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Any person who intentionally interferes with, hinders, or delays or attempts to interfere with, hinder, or delay any other person in the performance of any act or duty authorized or imposed by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Code 1933, § 34-1936, 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. § 21-2-597 would not be designated as one which requires

fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 98-20.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 575, 576.