O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-73 (2019)

Preservation of primary and election records

✓ 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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All primary and election documents on file in the office of the election superintendent of each county, municipal governing authority, superintendent, registrar, committee of a political party or body, or other officer shall be preserved therein for a period of at least 24 months and then the same may be destroyed unless otherwise provided by law.

History

Code 1933, § 34-404, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 7; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1004, § 4; Ga. L.

1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 8/HB 244.

Annotations

Cross references. Georgia Records Act, § 50-18-90 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 22 et seq. 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 271 et seq.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 113 et seq., 444 et seq.