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Call Now: 904-383-7448All elections and primaries shall be conducted in each polling place by a board consisting of a chief manager, who shall be chairperson of such board, and two assistant managers assisted by clerks. The managers of each polling place shall be appointed by the superintendent. If the political parties involved elect to do so, they may submit to the superintendent, for consideration in making such appointment, a list of qualified persons. When such lists are submitted to the appropriate office, the superintendent, insofar as practicable, shall make appointments so that there shall be equal representation on such boards for the political parties involved in such elections or primaries. The superintendent shall make each appointment by entering an order which shall remain of record in the appropriate office and shall make such order available for public inspection upon request. The order shall include the name and address of the appointee, his or her title, and a designation of the precinct and primary or election in which he or she is to serve.
(Code 1933, § 34-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 329, § 4; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 9; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 9/HB 244; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 2/HB 540; Ga. L. 2011, p. 683, § 2/SB 82; Ga. L. 2012, p. 995, § 4/SB 92.)
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, substituted "polling place" for "precinct" in the first and second sentences.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, substituted "shall make such order available for public inspection upon request" for "transmit a copy of such order to the appointee" in the next-to-last sentence.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, at the end of the second sentence, deleted "or, in the case of municipal elections, by the municipal governing authority", and deleted "or municipal governing authority" following "superintendent" in the third through fifth sentences.
- Trial court properly denied two challengers' petition contesting a city's general election as the challengers failed to show fraud, misconduct, irregularity, or illegality; a new election manager was not required for each election; a jury trial was not warranted in the matter; and there was no basis shown to set aside the results of the runoff election. Fuller v. Thomas, 284 Ga. 397, 667 S.E.2d 587 (2008).
Cited in Lewis v. O'Day, 284 Ga. 423, 667 S.E.2d 594 (2008).
- The superintendent may appoint persons to serve as managers who are not on political parties' lists and not affiliated with the parties, and if the superintendent also appoints some qualified persons from the lists, the superintendent must assure, insofar as the superintendent is able, that the parties have equal representation on the boards. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-39.
- 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 88 et seq.
- 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 107 et seq.
Total Results: 2
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2008-10-06
Citation: 667 S.E.2d 587, 284 Ga. 397, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3149, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 807
Snippet: election manager for each election. See OCGA § 21-2-90.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2008-10-06
Citation: 667 S.E.2d 594, 284 Ga. 423, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3150, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 820
Snippet: poll officers were properly qualified. See OCGA § 21-2-90 et seq. The poll manager testified that both Calloway