O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-2-95 (2019)

Form of clerk’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 clerk: “I, , do swear (or affirm) that I will as a clerk attend the ensuing election (or primary) during the continuance thereof, that I will use my best endeavors to prevent any fraud, deceit, or abuse in carrying on the same, 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, § 34-506, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1. Administrative rules and regulations. Acceptance testing, Official Compilation

of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, § 183-1-12-.03.

Annotations

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

C.J.S. 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 111.