O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-94 (2019)

Form of manager’s oath

✓ 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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The following shall be the form of the oath to be taken by each manager: “I, , do swear (or affirm) that I will as manager duly attend the ensuing election (or primary) during the

ELECTIONS & PRIMARIES

continuance thereof, that I will not admit any person to vote, except such as I shall firmly believe to be registered and entitled to vote at such election (or primary), according to the laws of this state, that I will not vexatiously delay or refuse to permit any person to vote whom I shall believe to be entitled to vote as aforesaid, that I will use my best endeavors to prevent any fraud, deceit, or abuse in carrying on the same, that I will make a true and perfect return of the said election (or primary), and that I will at all times truly, impartially, and faithfully perform my duties therein to the best of my judgment and ability.”

History

Code 1933, § 34-505, enacted by Ga. L.

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

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, § 34-1202 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Failure to take oath not ground for relief in equity. - A complaint that an election manager failed to take the re-

quired oath shows a mere irregularity; and, where it was not alleged that this in any wise affected the result of the election, it would not therefore be a ground for relief in equity. Hughes v. Griner, 208 Ga. 47, 65 S.E.2d 24, 1951 Ga. LEXIS 535 (1951) (decided under former Code 1933, § 34-1202).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 85.

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 111.