O.C.G.A. § 21-5-76 (2019)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 28/HB 48, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall not apply to any violation occurring prior to January 9, 2006. Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 1/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may

be cited as the ‘Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act of 2010.’” Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 30/SB 17, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section applies to all reports filed on and after January 10, 2011. Law reviews. For article on the 2005 enactment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2005).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Validity, construction, and application of state and municipal enactments regu-

lating lobbying and lobbying contracts, 35 A.L.R.6th 1.

Index A ABSENTEE VOTING. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. ABSENTEE VOTING CLERK. Appointment by governing authority, §21-2-380.1. Certification, §21-2-101. ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTING. Campaign contributions. Accounts to be kept by candidate or campaign committee treasurer, §21-5-32. Deposits in separate campaign depository account, §21-5-30. ACTIONS. Contested elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Elections. Attorney general enforcement action, §21-2-33.1. Contested elections and primaries generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers and duties, §21-5-6. Venue, §21-5-8. Recall of public officers. Against election superintendent, §21-4-18. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES. Contest of election or primary, §21-2-523. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Elections. State election board. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. Emergencies. State election board. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - Cont’d Rulemaking. Emergency rules. State election board. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. ADVANCE VOTING, §21-2-385. ADVERTISING. Campaign literature. Distribution, §21-2-414. Elections. Campaign literature. Distribution, §21-2-414. Voter registration. Additional registration places and hours of operation, §21-2-215. Voter registration. Additional registration places and hours of operation, §21-2-215. AFFIDAVITS. Absentee ballots. Nonreceipt by applicant, §21-2-384. Contested elections or primaries. Petition verified by, §21-2-524. Elections. Absentee ballots. Nonreceipt by applicant, §21-2-384. Contest of election or primary. Petition verified by, §21-2-524. Filing with political party at time of qualifying for primary. Municipal primaries, §21-2-153.1. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of payment of qualifying fee. Candidates for nomination in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Qualifying petition of candidate, affidavit of circulator, §21-2-153. Withdrawal of candidacy, §21-2-134. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Recall of public officers. Circulators, §§21-4-5, 21-4-8.

INDEX AFFIDAVITS - Cont’d Recall of public officers - Cont’d Giving or receiving money, etc., to sign, §21-4-20. Petition chairperson, §21-4-5. Withdrawal of signature from petition, §§21-4-5, 21-4-9. AGE. Elections. Persons eighteen years of age, §21-2-216. Voting age, §21-2-216. Voter registration, §21-2-216. Voting, §21-2-216. AGED PERSONS. Absentee electors. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Request for absentee ballot, §21-2-381. Elections. Absentee electors. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Request for absentee ballot, §21-2-381. Voting without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. AGRICULTURE. Commissioner of agriculture. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission, §21-2-502. Restrictions on number of offices sought by nominee, §21-2-136. ALIENS. Elections. Citizenship, requirement for voting, §21-2-216. List of noncitizens furnished to secretary of state by superior court clerk, §21-2-231. ANSWERS. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524. ANTICIPATORY BREACH OF ELECTION LAWS. State election board’s right to seek relief, §21-2-32. APARTMENTS. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215.

APPEALS. Elections. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-528. Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228. Voter registration. Challenge by elector of qualifications of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228. APPORTIONMENT. Congress. Districts. Continuation in office of member of congressional or statutory board after redistricting. Member appointed on basis of residency within congressional district, §21-1-3. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. APPROPRIATIONS. Municipal corporations. Election funds, §21-2-71. ARMED FORCES RECRUITMENT OFFICES. Voter registration agency, designation, §21-2-222. ARMY RECRUITMENT OFFICES. Voter registration. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. ARREST. Election superintendents. Privileged from arrest, §21-2-214. Poll officers. Privileged from arrest, §21-2-214. Privilege from arrest. Registrars, deputy registrars, election superintendents and poll officers, §21-2-214. Registrars and deputy registrars. Privileged from arrest, §21-2-214. ASSISTANCE TO VOTERS, §21-2-409. Absentee voting, §21-2-385. Oath of person assisting, §21-2-384.

INDEX ASSISTANCE TO VOTERS - Cont’d Failure of poll officer to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. Influencing voter while giving lawful assistance, §21-2-568. Poll officer permitting unlawful assistance, §21-2-591. Poll officer unlawfully rendering assistance, §21-2-590. Receiving unauthorized assistance in voting, §21-2-579. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Election. Enforcement actions, §21-2-33.1. Hotline for reporting voter intimidation or illegal election activities, §21-2-3. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Time of election, §21-2-9. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. ATTORNEYS’ FEES. Elections. Attorney general actions, §21-2-33.1. AUDITS. Elections. Absentee voting. Audit of applications or envelopes by secretary of state, §21-2-390. Returns. Precertification tabulation audits, §21-2-498. AUNTS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. AUTHORITIES. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Lobbying. Registration of lobbyist. Post-employment restrictions on lobbyists, §21-5-74.

B BAD CHECKS. Election of county and municipal officers. Payment of qualifying fee by candidate, §21-2-6. BADGES. Poll officers, §21-2-97. Poll watchers, §21-2-408. BALLOT BOXES, §21-2-430. Deposit of official ballots, restrictions on removal, §21-2-434. BALLOT LABELS. Voting machines, §21-2-325. Printing and publishing samples, §21-2-400. Unofficial ballot labels, §21-2-326. BALLOTS. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. Generally, §§21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Optical scanning voting system. Generally, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379. Voting machines. Generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334. BEVERAGES. Polling places. Providing money or gifts, including food and drink, to an elector near or at polling place, §21-2-414. BIRTH CERTIFICATES. Elections. Elector identifying self to poll worker, §21-2-417. BIRTH DATE. Voter registration. Year of elector’s birth available for public inspection, §21-2-225. BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. Voter registration. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. BOARD OF REGISTRARS. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236.

INDEX BOARDS. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Continuation in office of member of constitutional or statutory board after congressional redistricting. Member appointed on basis of residency within congressional district, §21-1-3. Elections. County board of elections and registration, §21-2-40. Joint county-municipal board of elections and registration, §21-2-45. State election board, §§21-2-30 to Executive directors. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. Lobbying. Registration of lobbyist. Post-employment restrictions on lobbyists, §21-5-74. State election board, §§21-2-30 to Voter registration. Board of registrars, §§21-2-210 to

BOUNDARIES - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Changes in precinct boundaries - Cont’d Reduction in size of precincts containing more than 2,000 electors, §21-2-263. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for costs incurred, §21-2-264. Requirements for precincts established on or after specific date, §21-2-261.1. Municipality located wholly or partially within boundaries of county. Map provided by municipality to board of registrars, §21-2-226. Precincts. Changes generally, §§21-2-261 to

BOND ISSUES. Elections. Special election on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Voting machines used at election, procurement, §21-2-333. Local government and political subdivisions. Elections. Special election on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Special election on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Special elections on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Voting machines used by municipality. Payment by municipality, §21-2-333.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

BOUNDARIES. Elections. Change in county boundaries. Place of voting, §21-2-224. Changes in precinct boundaries, §21-2-261. Petitions, §21-2-262.

BROTHERS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

BURDEN OF PROOF. Elections. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. Extraordinary relief for violations of office following performance review investigation, §21-2-33.2. Elector challenging qualifications of person applying to register to vote, §21-2-229. BUSES. Elections. Portable or movable facilities as polling places, §21-2-266.

INDEX BUYING OR SELLING VOTES, §21-2-570. C CAMPAIGN FINANCE, §§21-5-30 to Accounts required to be kept, §21-5-32. Agencies. Contributions by, §21-5-30.2. Aggregation of separate contributions, §21-5-30. Anonymous contributions, §21-5-30. Campaign committees. Acceptance of contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Chairperson, §21-5-30. Leadership committees, §21-5-34.2. Records and reports. Maintaining, §21-5-30. Registration, §21-5-30. Treasurer, §21-5-30. Charitable organizations. Utilization of excess contributions, §21-5-33. Commissioner of insurance. Contributions by industrial loan licensees or insurers, §21-5-30.1. Complaints. Handling, §21-5-36. Constitutional amendment or state-wide referendum. Maximum allowable contribution by persons or partnerships, §21-5-41. Maximum allowable contribution by political committee, §21-5-43. Declaration of intention to accept contributions, §21-5-30. Definitions. Contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Contributions to commission of insurance. Industrial loan licensees or insurers, §21-5-30.1. State-wide office or general assembly, §21-5-40. Deposits in campaign depository account, §21-5-30. Direct contributions required, §21-5-30. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34. Contributions by regulated entities, §21-5-30.1. Disposition, §21-5-36.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Cont’d Disclosure reports - Cont’d Electronic filing, §21-5-34.1. Disposition of contributions, §21-5-33. Electric membership corporations, §21-5-30. Excess contributions. Utilization, §21-5-33. Executors and administrators. Payment out of funds in campaign account, §21-5-33. Expenses. Contributions utilized to defray, §21-5-33. Fee for late filing of disclosure report, §21-5-34. Future campaigns. Utilization of excess contributions, §21-5-33. Government transparency and campaign finance commission. Renamed to be state ethics commission, §21-5-4. Industrial loan licensees. Contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1. Inspection of accounts, §21-5-32. Insurers. Contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1. Leadership committees, §21-5-34.2. Notice of complaints against candidate, §21-5-36. Notice of nonconformance of reports, §21-5-36. Political action committees. Acceptance of contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Political organizations. Acceptance of contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Proposed question appearing on ballot in county or municipal election. Maximum allowable contributions. Persons or partnerships contributing, §21-5-41. Political committee contributing, §21-5-43. Public utility corporations, §21-5-30. Recall of public officers. Direct contributions required, §21-5-30. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34.

INDEX CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Cont’d Recall of public officers - Cont’d Disposition of contributions, §21-5-33. Records, §21-5-30. Account records, §21-5-32. Registration of leadership committees with commission, §21-5-34.2. Repayment of prior campaign obligations. Utilization of excess contributions, §21-5-33. Reports, §21-5-30. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34. Contributions by regulated entities, §21-5-30.1. Disposition, §21-5-36. Electronic filing, §21-5-34.1. Late filing fee, §21-5-34. Disposition, §21-5-36. Notice of nonconformance, §21-5-36. Restriction on making gifts, loans, or investments with campaign funds, §21-5-33. Secretary of state. Declaration of intention to accept contributions. Filing with secretary, §21-5-30. Names of chairperson and treasurer of campaign committee. Filing with secretary, §21-5-30. Separate segregated fund to include connected organization, §21-5-12. Soil and water conservation district supervisors. Exception to disclosure reports requirement, §21-5-34. State ethics commission. Appointment of members, §21-5-4. Compensation, §21-5-4. Creation, §21-5-4. Election or re-election to general assembly. Payment of fines and fees owing to commission as prerequisite to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Expenses and per diem, §21-5-4. Operating expenses, §21-5-5. Ineligibility to serve as member, §21-5-4. Majority vote necessary for actions to be taken, §21-5-4. Meetings, §21-5-4. Number of members, §21-5-4. Officers, §21-5-4.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Cont’d State ethics commission - Cont’d Quorum, §21-5-4. Residency requirement, §21-5-4. Successor to government transparency and campaign finance commission, §21-5-4. Terms of members, §21-5-4. Vacancies, §21-5-4. State-wide office or general assembly candidates, §§21-5-40 to Acceptance of contributions or pledges during legislative session, §21-5-35. Corporations. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. Persons or partnerships. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. Political committees. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-43. Campaign committee. Contributions. Deemed contribution to candidate, §21-5-42. Constitutional amendment or state-wide referendum. Maximum allowable contributions. Persons or corporations contributing, §21-5-41. Political committee contributing, §21-5-43. Contributions or pledges during legislative sessions, §21-5-35. Corporations. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. Definitions, §21-5-40. Maximum allowable contribution. Campaign committee contribution deemed contribution to candidate, §21-5-42. Corporations, §21-5-41. Persons or partnerships, §21-5-41. Political committees, §21-5-43. Partnerships. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. Political committees. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-43.

INDEX CAMPAIGN FINANCE - Cont’d State-wide office or general assembly candidates - Cont’d Proposed question appearing on ballot in county or municipal election. Maximum allowable contributions. Persons or partnerships contributing, §21-5-41. Political committee contributing, §21-5-43. Return of unexpended contributions to contributors. Candidate not appearing on ballot, §21-5-43. Separate accounting of contributions in election in which candidate not appearing on ballot, §21-5-43. Special election and general election during same calendar year, §21-5-42. Supplemental campaign contribution disclosure reports, §21-5-34. Wills of candidates. Providing for utilization of contributions, §21-5-33.

CERTIFICATION OF POLITICAL PARTY CANDIDATE FOR PRIMARY, §21-2-154.

CAMPAIGNING AT POLLING PLACES, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414.

CHARITIES. Campaign contributions. Disposition, §21-5-33.

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE. Distributing near polling place, §21-2-414. CANCELLATION. Absentee voting. Ballots of electors present in election precinct during primaries and elections, §21-2-388. Municipal elections and primaries, §21-2-388. CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Duties, §21-5-6. State election board. Authority to issue, §21-2-33.1. CELL PHONES. Election polling places. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Use prohibited, §21-2-413. CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION. Issuance, §21-2-502.

CERTIFIED MAIL. Campaign finance. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34.1. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery, §21-5-15. CHALLENGE OF PERSON REGISTERING TO VOTE, §21-2-229. CHALLENGE OF PERSON’S RIGHT TO VOTE, §21-2-230. Absentee elector, §21-2-386. Poll officer to write “challenge” and alleged cause on ballot, §21-2-33. CHALLENGE TO CANDIDATE’S QUALIFICATIONS TO HOLD OFFICE. County and municipal office, §21-2-6.

CHECKS. Bad checks. Election of county and municipal officers. Payment of qualifying fee by candidate, §21-2-6. CHIEF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Establishment and maintenance by political body, §21-2-113. CHILD CARE CENTERS. Voter registration places. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. CHOSES IN ACTION. Campaign finance. Intangible property defined, §21-5-3. CHURCHES. Voter registration places. Temporary or permanent places for voter registration, §21-2-215. CITIES. Elections. Generally, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604.

INDEX CITIZENSHIP. Voting requirement, §21-2-216. List of noncitizens furnished to secretary of state by superior court clerk, §21-2-231.

COMPLAINTS - Cont’d Government transparency and campaign finance act - Cont’d Initiation, §21-5-7. Limitation of actions, §21-5-13.

CLERKS OF COURT. State courts of counties. Candidate for election as clerk required to name chief deputy prior to election. Ballot to include name of chief deputy below name of candidate, §21-2-17.

COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-527.1. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. Voter registration. Addresses of those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. Original application, §21-2-225.

CLUBS. Campaign contributions generally, §§21-5-30 to 21-5-36.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Elections. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Examinations, §21-2-379.24.

COERCION AND DURESS. Campaign contributions by regulated entities. Contributions required by coercive action, §21-5-30.1. COMMERCIAL USE OF LIST OF ELECTORS, §21-2-601. COMMISSION ISSUED TO ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, §21-2-502. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-503. COMMISSIONS. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Executive directors. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. Lobbying. Registration of lobbyist. Post-employment restrictions on lobbyists, §21-5-74. COMMON OWNERSHIP. Campaign contributions. Affiliate corporations defined, §21-5-40. COMPLAINTS. Campaign contributions, §21-5-36. Campaign contribution violations, §21-5-36. Challenge of candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office. Electors challenging, §21-2-5. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Defects in filing, §21-5-7.1.

CONGRESS. Apportionment. Congressional districts. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. Continuation in office of member of congressional or statutory board after redistricting. Member appointed on basis of residency within congressional district, §21-1-3. Congressional districts. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. Elections. Congressional districts. Constitutional or statutory boards or bodies for which membership based on residency. Continuation in office, dismissal or appointment of members, §21-1-3. House of representatives. Vacancy in office, §21-2-543. Extraordinary circumstances, §21-2-543.1. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to senators and representatives, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Senate. Vacancy in office, §21-2-542.

INDEX CONGRESS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Special elections. Vacancy in office of senate or house of representatives, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543, 21-2-543.1. Vacancy in office of senate or house of representatives, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543, 21-2-543.1. House of representatives. Vacancies in office. Election to fill unexpired term, §21-2-543. Extraordinary circumstances, §21-2-543.1. Senate. Vacancy, election to fill unexpired term, §21-2-542. Special elections. Vacancy in unexpired term of senate or house of representatives, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543, 21-2-543.1. Vacancy in office. Election to fill unexpired term, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543, 21-2-543.1.

CONTEMPT. Elections. Electors’ qualifications examined by board of registrars. Refusal to testify or obey subpoena, §21-2-228. Examination of nomination petition. Failure or refusal to obey subpoena or order, §21-2-171. State election board investigations. Failure or refusal to obey order, subpoena, etc., §21-2-33. CONTESTED ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. CONVENTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES, §21-2-172. Candidates for state-wide public office. Qualification of political bodies and petitions to qualify, §§21-2-180 to CONVICTED FELONS. Elections. Registering, remaining registered or voting, requirements, §21-2-216. Registrars of voters. Qualifications for office, §21-2-215. Lobbyist registration, restrictions, §21-5-71.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. Fourteen districts. State divided into by general law, §21-1-2. CONSPIRACIES. Election fraud, §21-2-603. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. Elections. Certificates of election, §21-2-502. CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA. Amendments. Elections. Results of elections on constitutional amendments. Governor’s proclamation declaring results, §21-2-502. Superintendents to provide copies of proposed amendments, §21-2-70. Preparation, printing and distribution of summary, §21-2-4. Elections. Constitutional amendments or other questions. Ballot information, §21-2-379.5.

CORPORATIONS. Campaign contributions for state-wide office or general assembly. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. COUNCILS. Executive directors. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. COUNTERFEITING. Ballots or ballot labels, §21-2-575. COUNTIES. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Appropriations. Election funds, §21-2-71. Board of registrars. Registration of voters generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236.

INDEX COUNTIES - Cont’d Courthouses. Absentee ballots. Additional sites for receiving, §21-2-382. Elected county officials. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. Elections. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Ballots generally, §§21-2-280 to 21-2-294, 21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Contested elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to General provisions as to elections, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604. Offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to Optical scanning voting system, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486. Political parties. Registration and organization generally, §§21-2-110 to Poll officers. Generally, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Registration of voters. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Political parties or bodies. Registration and organization generally, §§21-2-110 to 21-2-113. Poll officers. Generally, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Primary elections. Generally, §§21-2-150 to 21-2-158. Registrars. Absentee ballot clerk. Appointment as, §21-2-380.1. Certification, §21-2-101. Appointment, §21-2-212. Certification, §21-2-101. Chief deputy registrar. Appointment in county where registrars office not open during regular business hours, §21-2-213.

COUNTIES - Cont’d Registrars - Cont’d Chief registrar. Designation, §21-2-212. Deputy registrars, §21-2-213. Funding, sources of, §21-2-212. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Monthly contingent allowance for operation of office, §21-2-213.1. Successors. Appointment on death, resignation or removal of registrar, §21-2-212. Special elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. COUNTY COURTHOUSES. Absentee ballots. Additional sites for receiving, §21-2-382. COUNTY ELECTIONS. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Advance voting, daily reporting requirements. County board of registrars, §21-2-385. Appropriation by county to superintendent of funds necessary to conduct election, §21-2-71. Ballots generally, §§21-2-280 to 21-2-294, 21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Board of elections. Creation in county without board to assume duties of superintendent, §21-2-74. General assembly may create by local act, §21-2-40. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-75. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office, §21-2-6. Clerk of state court of county. Law requiring candidate to name chief deputy prior to election. Ballot to include name of chief deputy and candidate, §21-2-17. Contested elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11.

INDEX COUNTY ELECTIONS - Cont’d General provisions as to elections, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604. Investigations by state election board as to administration of election laws, §21-2-33. Joint county-municipal board of elections and registration. General assembly may create by local act, §21-2-45. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Municipality authorizing county to conduct elections, §21-2-45. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. County judicial offices, school boards and local superintendents, §21-2-139. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. November elections, §21-2-9. Offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to Optical scanning voting system, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379. Political parties or bodies. Registration and organization generally, §§21-2-110 to 21-2-113. Poll officers. Generally, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Registration of voters generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Special elections. Generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Superintendents. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Funding sources, §21-2-71. Generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-76. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, Vacancy in office upon superintendent assuming political party office, §21-2-76.

COUNTY ELECTIONS - Cont’d Time for electing county officers, §21-2-9. Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Voting machines. Generally, §§21-2-450 to 21-2-457. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. COUNTY ELECTION SUPERINTENDENTS. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Funding sources, §21-2-71. Generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-76. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, 21-2-33.2. Vacancy in office upon assuming political party office, §21-2-76. COUNTY REGISTRARS. Absentee ballot clerk. Appointment as, §21-2-380.1. Certification, §21-2-101. Appointment, §21-2-212. Certification, §21-2-101. Chief deputy registrar. Appointment in county where office not open during regular business hours, §21-2-213. Chief registrar. Designation, §21-2-212. Deputy registrar, §21-2-213. Funding sources, §21-2-212. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Monthly contingent allowance for operation of office, §21-2-213.1. Successors. Appointment on death, resignation or removal of registrar, §21-2-212. COURTHOUSES. County courthouses. Absentee ballots. Additional sites for receiving, §21-2-382. COURT OF APPEALS. Elections. Judges. Date of election, §21-2-9.

INDEX CROSS ACTIONS. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524.

COURT OF APPEALS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Judges - Cont’d Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Judges. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136.

CROSS INDEXES. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. CUSTODIAN OF VOTE RECORDERS, TABULATING MACHINES AND VOTING MACHINES, §21-2-327. D DATE OF ELECTIONS. November elections. Officers elected generally, §21-2-9. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. Primaries generally, §21-2-150.

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. Election offenses. Absentee voting. Acceptance of absentee ballot for delivery or return by unauthorized person, §21-2-568. Handling of completed ballot application, unauthorized persons, §21-2-381. Campaign activities and public opinion polling within vicinity of polling place, §21-2-414. Generally, §§21-2-560 to 21-2-604. Prosecuting candidates for false statements in connection with notice of candidacy or qualification, §21-2-565. Solicitation of funding for costs of elections, §21-2-18. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Violations of chapter, §21-5-9. Recall of public officers. Compelling person to sign petition, §21-4-20. Giving or receiving money to sign petition or affidavit, §21-4-20.

DAUGHTERS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. Absentee voting. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS. Voter registration. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. DEATH. Elections. Filling vacancy in nomination created by reason of death of candidate, §21-2-134. Special primaries or elections. Death of person elected to public office, §21-2-504. Voter registration lists. County registrars obtaining information from obituaries, §21-2-231.

INDEX DEATH - Cont’d Presidential electors. Filling vacancy, §21-2-12. DEFACEMENT. Ballot, §21-2-576. Nomination petition, certificate or paper, §21-2-564. DEFINED TERMS. Absentee elector, §21-2-380. Acts in any other manner to intimidate. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Affiliated committees. Campaign finance, §21-5-40. Affiliated corporation. Campaign finance, §21-5-40. Agencies. Campaign finance, §21-5-30.2. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. Ballot. Election code, §21-2-2. Ballot marking devices. Election code, §21-2-2. Ballot scanners. Election code, §21-2-2. Body. Election code, §21-2-2. Business entity. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Call. Election code, §21-2-2. Campaign committee. Campaign finance, §§21-5-3, 21-5-30.1. Campaign contribution disclosure report. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Campaign material. Election code, §21-2-2. Candidate counters. Election code, §21-2-310. Candidates. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Commission. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Connected organization. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Contestant. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-520. Contribution. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Campaign contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Contribution - Cont’d Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Custodian. Election code, §21-2-2. Defendant. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-520. Diagram. Election code, §21-2-310. Direct ownership interest. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Direct recording electronic. Election code, §21-2-2. DRE. Election code, §21-2-2. Elected county school board members. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Elected county school superintendents. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Elected education board members. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Election. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Election code, §21-2-2. Election cycle. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Election superintendent. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Election year. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Elective office. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Elector, §21-2-2. Campaign finance, §21-5-30.2. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Electoral district. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Electric membership corporation. Campaign contributions, §21-5-30. Electronic ballot marker. Election code, §21-2-2. Expenditure. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Failure to perform duties prescribed by law. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Fiduciary position. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Filed. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Financial statement. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-50.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Gift. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Government employees. Election costs, public funding, §21-2-18. Grounds for recall. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Health related functions. Election code, §21-2-2. Identifiable group of public officers. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Incorrect outcome. Elections, returns, §21-2-498. Independent. Elections, §21-2-2. Independent committee. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Industrial loan licensing. Campaign finance, §21-5-30.1. Insurer. Campaign finance, §21-5-30.1. Intangible property. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Investment. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Leadership committee. Campaign contributions, §21-5-34.2. Legal sufficiency. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Loan. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-3. Lobbying. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-70. Lobbying expenditures. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Lobbyist. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-70. Local election official, §21-2-105. Manager. Election code, §21-2-2. Member of the family. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Misconduct in office. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Municipality. Election code, §21-2-2. Municipal office. Election code, §21-2-2. No contact. Election code, §21-2-234. Nomination. Election code, §21-2-2.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Nonelection year. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Nonprofit organization. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. November election, §21-2-2. Numbered list of voters. Election code, §21-2-2. Oath. Election code, §21-2-2. Official ballot. Election code, §21-2-2. Official ballot label. Election code, §21-2-2. Official sponsors. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Optical scanning voting system. Election code, §21-2-2. Ordinary and necessary expenses. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Paper ballot. Election code, §21-2-2. Party nomination. Election code, §21-2-2. Person. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Contributions for state-wide office or general assembly, §21-5-40. Election costs, public funding, §21-2-18. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. Persons with disabilities. Voter registration, §21-2-222. Plurality. Election code, §21-2-501. Political action committee. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Campaign contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Political body. Election code, §21-2-2. Political committee. Campaign finance. Contributions for state-wide office or general assembly, §21-5-40. Political organization. Campaign finance, §21-5-30.2. Election code, §21-2-2. Political party. Campaign finance. Contributions for state-wide office or general assembly, §21-5-40.

INDEX DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Political party - Cont’d Election code, §21-2-2. Polling place. Election code, §21-2-2. Poll officers. Election code, §21-2-2. Precinct. Election code, §21-2-2. Primary. Election code, §21-2-2. Protective counter. Election code, §21-2-310. Public assistance. Voter registration, §21-2-222. Public counter. Election code, §21-2-310. Public meeting place. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Public office. Campaign finance. Contributions for state-wide office or general assembly, §21-5-40. Election code, §21-2-2. Public officer or employee. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Public utility corporation regulated by the public service commission. Campaign contributions, §21-5-30. Qualifying officer. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Question. Election code, §21-2-2. Question counters. Election code, §21-2-310. Recruitment office of the armed forces of the United States. Voter registration, §21-2-222. Registering counter. Election code, §21-2-310. Reporting period. Campaign finance, §21-5-3. Residence. Election code, §21-2-2. Risk limit. Elections, returns, §21-2-498. Risk-limiting audits. Elections, returns, §21-2-498. Scanning ballot. Election code, §21-2-2. Separate segregated fund. Campaign finance, §21-5-40.

DEFINED TERMS - Cont’d Special election, §21-2-2. Special primary. Election code, §21-2-2. Sponsors. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-3. Staff attorney. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-3. State agency. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Substantial interest. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. Superintendent. Election code, §21-2-2. Swear. Election code, §21-2-2. The call. Election code, §21-2-2. Transact business. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. Vendor. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Violator. Election code, §21-2-2. Vote indicators. Election code, §21-2-310. Voter. Elections, §21-2-2. Voting equipment, §21-2-582.1. Voting machine. Election code, §21-2-2. Write-in ballot. Election code, §21-2-2. DESTROYING BALLOT, §21-2-576. DESTROYING NOMINATION PETITION, CERTIFICATE OR PAPER, §21-2-564. DIRECT ELECTRONIC RECORDING VOTING SYSTEM. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. DISABLED PERSONS. Absentee electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385. Request for absentee ballot, §21-2-381. Assistance to electors. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Electors with physical disability, §21-2-409.

INDEX DISABLED PERSONS - Cont’d Elections. Absentee electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385. Request for absentee ballot, §21-2-381. Assistance to elector, §21-2-409. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Direct recording electronic unit provided, §21-2-379.7. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot marker accessible to persons with disabilities, §21-2-379.21. Polling places to have facilities for disabled, §21-2-265. Voter registration agencies, designation, §21-2-222. Voter’s certificate. Preparation for physically disabled person, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Voting machines used at election. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. Voting without waiting in line, §21-2-409.1. Polling places. Facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter registration. Application. Aid to disabled or illiterate, §21-2-220. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Voting. Assistance to elector with physical disability, §21-2-409. Without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Voting machines used by precincts during elections or primaries. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502.

DOCKETS. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-71. DONATIONS. Elections. State election board. Donations for administration of elections. Study and report, §21-2-71. DRIVERS’ LICENSES. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Identification to be presented to poll workers, §21-2-417. Motor voter law, §21-2-221. Voter registration. Application for license as application for voter registration, §21-2-221. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. DROP BOXES. Elections. Absentee voting, §21-2-382. E ELECTION CODE. Georgia election code. General provisions, §§21-2-1 to Short title, §21-2-1. Voter registration generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. ELECTION CONTESTS, §§21-2-520 to ELECTION DAYS. November elections, §21-2-9. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. Primaries generally, §21-2-150. ELECTIONEERING. Prohibited acts, §21-2-413. ELECTION OFFENSES, §§21-2-560 to ELECTION OFFICERS. County or municipal superintendents generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Poll officers, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. ELECTION PRECINCTS, §§21-2-260 to 21-2-270.

INDEX ELECTIONS, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604. Absentee ballot clerk. Appointment by governing authority, §21-2-380.1. Certification, §21-2-101. Absentee voting, §§21-2-380 to Absentee ballot clerk. Appointment by governing authority, §21-2-380.1. Absentee elector defined, §21-2-380. Absentee registration by uniformed and overseas citizens, §21-2-219. Acceptance of ballot for delivery or return by unauthorized person, §21-2-568. Additional sites for purposes of receiving ballots, §21-2-382. Advance voting period, §21-2-385. Affidavit of nonreceipt of ballot, §21-2-384. Aged persons. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Applications, §21-2-381. Denial, §21-2-381. Disabled or illiterate elector, requesting on behalf of, §21-2-381. Duplicate absentee ballot applications sent and processed. Sanctions and monetary restitution for causing, §21-2-381. Electronic transmission, §21-2-381. Extraordinary circumstances to fill vacancy in office, §21-2-381. Handling of completed ballot application, authorized persons, §21-2-381. Identity of voter, verification, §21-2-381. In person application for ballot, §21-2-385. Online blank application to be made available, §21-2-381. Provisional ballot due to mismatch of identifying information, §21-2-381. Registrar acceptance of application to correct elector’s name on voter registration list, §21-2-218. Signature mismatches. Effect, §21-2-381.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Absentee voting - Cont’d Applications - Cont’d Timely application, §21-2-381. Unsolicited ballot applications prohibited, §21-2-381. Write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. Armed forces members, §21-2-219. Assistance to absentee electors. Disabled electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Illiterate electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Oath of person assisting, §21-2-384. Procedure for voting absentee ballot, §21-2-385. Audit of applications or envelopes by secretary of state, §21-2-390. Ballots. Accounting for, §21-2-390. Cancellation. Electors present in election precinct during primaries and elections, §21-2-388. Certification upon receipt, §21-2-386. Challenged ballots. Marking, §21-2-386. Counting, §21-2-386. Cure of problem leading to rejection. Time to cure, §21-2-386. Delivery, §21-2-383. Adequate supply, §21-2-384. Return of completed ballot, §21-2-384. Depositing in ballot box, §21-2-386. Electors present in election precinct during primaries and elections. Cancellation, §21-2-388. Electronic transmission, §§21-2-384, Envelopes. Contents, preparation and delivery, §21-2-384. Form, §§21-2-287, 21-2-383. Handling of completed ballots. Instructions to include list of persons authorized to deliver or return ballot, §21-2-384. Identity of voter, verification. Duties of registrar or clerk upon receipt, §21-2-386. Envelopes for ballots, spaces for information regarding voter identification, §21-2-384.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Absentee voting - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Identity of voter, verification - Cont’d Procedure for marking ballots and envelopes, §21-2-385. In person application for ballot, §21-2-385. Instructions for marking, §21-2-384. Issuance, §21-2-384. Mailing, §21-2-384. Payment of postage, §21-2-389. Nonreceipt by applicant, §21-2-384. Notice of rejection, §21-2-386. Official absentee ballot, marking, §21-2-383. Official overseas/military general election run-off ballot, §21-2-384. Opening envelopes and depositing absentee ballots, §21-2-386. Payment of postage for mailing, §21-2-389. Pilot program for electronic transmission and receipt, §21-2-387. Preparation, §21-2-383. Adequate supply, §21-2-384. Procedure for voting, §21-2-385. Provisional ballots. Circumstances causing ballot to be considered provisional, §21-2-386. Receipt, §21-2-386. Rejection, §21-2-386. Return of completed ballot, §21-2-384. Safekeeping, §21-2-386. Scanning or processing of ballots, §21-2-386. Second ballot issued upon nonreceipt of first ballot by applicant, §21-2-384. Separation by precinct, §21-2-386. Special run-off ballots for military and overseas voters, §21-2-384. Special write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. Uniform instructions for marking, §21-2-384. Universities and colleges. Furnishing of applications to, §21-2-381. Voting procedure, §21-2-385.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Absentee voting - Cont’d Ballot scanners. Form of ballot in places where scanner used, §21-2-482. Cancellation of absentee ballot. Electors present in election precinct during primaries and elections, §21-2-388. Challenge of absentee electors, §21-2-230. Marking of challenged ballots, §21-2-386. Notice of challenge, §21-2-386. Citizens permanently residing outside United States. Eligibility, §21-2-381. Clerk. Appointment by governing authority, §21-2-380.1. Certification, §21-2-101. Courthouses, courthouse annexes or government service centers. Additional sites for purposes of receiving absentee ballots, §21-2-382. Delivery of materials after primary or election, §21-2-390. Determination of eligibility, §21-2-381. Direct recording electronic systems used at registrar’s office, §21-2-383. Disabled electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385. Drop boxes for receipt of ballots, §21-2-382. Early voting, §21-2-385. Eligibility determination, §21-2-381. Forms. Oath of absentee electors, §21-2-384. Oath of person assisting elector, §21-2-384. Identity of voter, verification. Application for ballot, §21-2-381. Duties of registrar or clerk upon receipt, §21-2-386. Envelopes for ballots, spaces for information regarding voter identification, §21-2-384. Procedure for marking ballots and envelopes, §21-2-385. Illiterate electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Absentee voting - Cont’d In-person issuance or delivery of ballot, §21-2-381. Merchant marine members. Postcard provided for by uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act. Considered application for ballot, §21-2-219. Monitors to proceedings for scanning or processing of ballots, §21-2-386. Notice of ballot rejections, §21-2-386. Notice of ground of ineligibility, §21-2-381. Notice to elector of challenge, §21-2-386. Oath of absentee electors, §21-2-384. Confirmation of signing by registrar or clerk, §21-2-386. Oath of person assisting elector, §21-2-384. Optical scanning voting system. Ballots in precincts using optical scanning equipment, §21-2-482. Overseas, citizens residing, §21-2-219. Presidential preference primary. Separate and distinct application required, §21-2-381. Procedure for voting, §21-2-385. Provisional ballot due to mismatch of identifying information, §21-2-381. Public access to proceedings for scanning or processing of ballots, §21-2-386. Ranked choice voting for run-off elections. Special run-off ballots for military and overseas voters, §21-2-384. Reason not required to cast absentee ballot, §§21-2-380, 21-2-381. Registration cards. Considered application cards, §21-2-381. Returns, reporting of results, §21-2-386. Scanning or processing of ballots, §21-2-386. Signing application, §21-2-381. Special write-in absentee ballot, §21-2-381.1. Supplies. Preparation and delivery, §21-2-384. Time for making application, §21-2-381.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Absentee voting - Cont’d Unqualified electors, §21-2-573. Voting procedure, §21-2-385. Write-in ballots for constitutional amendments or questions, §21-2-381.1. Write-in candidates. Special write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. State write-in absentee ballot for certain electors, §21-2-381.2. Actions. Attorney general actions, §21-2-33.1. State election board. Compliance with election law or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Administrative judges. Proceedings instituted by state election board seeking compliance with election law. Compensation of presiding judge, §21-2-32. Consideration of petition by judge of adjoining district, §21-2-32. Granting of relief, §21-2-32. Presiding over, §21-2-32. Advance voting, §21-2-385. Affidavits. Contested elections and primaries. Verification of petition by affidavit, §21-2-524. Filing with political party at time of qualifying for primary. Municipal primaries, §21-2-153.1. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Candidates for nomination in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Qualifying petition of candidate, affidavit of circulator, §21-2-153. Withdrawal of candidacy, §21-2-134. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Aged persons. Absentee electors. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Voting without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Age to vote, §21-2-216. Persons eighteen years of age, §21-2-216.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Answers. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524. Anticipatory breach of election laws. State election board’s authority to seek relief, §21-2-32. Appeals. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-528. Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228. State election board. Proceedings seeking compliance with election law, §21-2-32. Applicability of chapter, §21-2-15. Appropriations by county or municipality to superintendent of funds necessary to conduct primary or election, §21-2-71. Armed forces members. Registration of voters, §21-2-219. Assistance to voters. Absentee voting, §21-2-385. Influencing voter while giving unlawful assistance, §21-2-568. Persons who cannot read English, §21-2-409. Persons with physical disabilities, §21-2-409. Poll officers. Failure to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. Permitting unlawful assistance to voters, §21-2-591. Unlawful rendering of assistance, §21-2-590. Receiving unauthorized assistance in voting, §21-2-579. Attorney general. Date of election, §21-2-9. Hotline for reporting voter intimidation or illegal election activities, §21-2-3. Initiation of civil proceedings, §21-2-33.1. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Attorneys’ fees. Attorney general actions, §21-2-33.1. Audits. Absentee voting. Audit of applications or envelopes by secretary of state, §21-2-390. Automatic nomination of candidate for office. Municipal primaries, candidate not opposed, §21-2-153.1. Badges. Poll officers, §21-2-97. Ballot boxes, §21-2-430. Deposit of official ballots, restrictions on removal, §21-2-434. Ballot labels. Printing and publishing sample ballot labels in newspapers, §21-2-400. Voting machines, §21-2-325. Unofficial ballot label, §21-2-326. Ballots, §§21-2-280 to 21-2-294, 21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Absentee voting, §§21-2-380 to Form of absentee ballot, §§21-2-287, All primaries and elections conducted by, §21-2-280. Binding, §21-2-286. Book of official ballots. Improper removal from, §21-2-577. Boxes. Arrangement in polling places, §21-2-267. Depositing. Procedure, §21-2-435. Canceled ballots. Recording, §21-2-294. Return of canceled ballot, §21-2-433. Casting. Procedure as to marking and depositing, §21-2-435. Unofficial ballots, §21-2-579. Void ballots, §21-2-438. Challenged vote, §21-2-230. Elector entitled to vote challenged ballot, §21-2-433. Constitutional amendments. Ballot information, §21-2-379.5. Placement on ballots, §21-2-285. Correction of mistake or omission, §21-2-293. Counterfeiting, §21-2-575. Counting. Procedure generally, §21-2-437.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Deceased candidate remaining on ballot in nonpartisan election. Receipt of requisite votes to be elected, effect, §21-2-134. Declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-285.1. Defaced ballots, §§21-2-439, 21-2-576. Delivery. After completing returns, §21-2-500. Delaying, §21-2-576. Depositing in boxes, §21-2-434. Procedure, §21-2-435. Detachment from stubs and distribution to elector, §21-2-433. Direct electronic recording voting system, §§21-2-379.1 to Disposition of unofficial ballots, §21-2-434. Distribution to electors, §21-2-433. Electronic balloting, §§21-2-379.21 to Electronic transmission of absentee ballots, §§21-2-384, 21-2-387. Forms. Absentee ballots, §§21-2-287, Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-285.1. Official election ballot, §21-2-285. Official nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Public inspections, §21-2-292. Fraudulent ballots, depositing in ballot box, §21-2-566. Fraudulently allowing ballot to be seen, §21-2-579. Identification of voter on ballot. Ballot void, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438. Impossibility or impracticability of using voting machines. Conduct of primary or election by paper ballot, §21-2-281. Improper removal from book of official ballots, §21-2-577. Incumbency of candidate, §21-2-379.5. Independent party designation, §21-2-379.5. Judicial officers. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Marking, §21-2-435. Improperly marked or not marked ballot, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Marking - Cont’d Questionable marks, §21-2-439. Void ballots, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438. Method of casting. Procedure as to marking and depositing, §21-2-435. Void ballots, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438. Mistakes. Correction, §21-2-293. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation on ballot or ballot label of specific office and name of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Mutilated ballots, §21-2-439. Names of candidates same or similar. Procedure as to printing ballots, §21-2-288. Names of substitute candidates. Printing on ballots, §21-2-289. Nonpartisan elections. Declaration of prevailing candidate as duly elected, §21-2-285.1. Forms, §21-2-285.1. Run-off elections, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan primaries. Forms. Nonpartisan municipal primaries, §21-2-284.1. Numbering, §21-2-286. Number of ballots equal to number of registered electors in precinct. Recording number of ballots furnished, §21-2-294. Superintendent to provide, §21-2-290. Number of official ballots printed and furnished. Record of, §21-2-283. Official ballots. Deposit in boxes, §21-2-434. Forms, §21-2-285. Official nonpartisan municipal primary ballots. Forms, §21-2-284.1. Official primary ballots. Forms, §21-2-284. Omissions. Correction, §21-2-293. Opening before deposited into ballot box, §21-2-578. Optical scanning voting system, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Placement of candidates’ names on ballots. Candidates for same nomination or office with same or similar name, §21-2-288. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-285.1. Official election ballots, §21-2-285. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Substitute candidates, §21-2-289. Political party affiliation, §21-2-379.5. Polling places. Restrictions as to removal from, §21-2-434. Precincts. Number of ballots equal to number of registered electors in precinct. Superintendent to provide, §21-2-290. Presidential electors. Alphabetically arrangement, §21-2-379.5. Arrangement of names on ballots, §21-2-285. Primaries. Official nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Printing, §21-2-283. Candidates for same nomination of office with same or similar name, §21-2-288. Correction of mistakes and omissions, §21-2-293. Offenses by printers, §21-2-594. Specifications, §21-2-286. Substitute candidates, §21-2-289. Provided by superintendent or governing authority, §21-2-280. Provisional ballots, §§21-2-418, Absentee voting. Circumstances causing ballot to be considered provisional, §21-2-386. Criteria for casting, §21-2-418. Report to secretary of state, §21-2-419. Validation of, §21-2-419. Prying into before deposited into ballot box, §21-2-578. Public records. Forms of ballots, §21-2-292. Questions submitted to municipal electors. Placement on ballots, §21-2-285.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Recording number of ballots furnished, stubs, unused and canceled ballots, §21-2-294. Reporting on total number of ballots cast, poll officials at each precinct, §21-2-420. Breakdown of ballots cast by type of ballot, and when or how cast, §21-2-421. Reprinting to omit name of withdrawn candidate, §21-2-134. Retention of unused ballots, §21-2-500. Return of votes, §21-2-440. Procedure generally, §21-2-437. Run-off elections. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-285.1. Safekeeping, §21-2-283. Same or similar names, candidates with, §21-2-288. Sample ballots. Polling places. Copies of sample or facsimile ballots, §21-2-401. Printing and publishing in newspapers, §21-2-400. Similar name of candidates, §21-2-379.5. Size, §21-2-286. Special elections and primaries. Inclusion of candidates and questions on ballot for general primary or election, §21-2-541. Listing of candidates on ballot, §21-2-540. Straight party voting, §21-2-435. Stubs. Detachment from stub, §21-2-433. Recording number, §21-2-294. Record of, §21-2-283. Substitute candidates. Printing on ballots of names, §21-2-289. Sufficient number of ballots equal to number of registered voters supplied precinct, §21-2-290. Unfolding ballots before deposited into ballot box, §21-2-578. Unlawful possession, §21-2-574. Unmarked or improperly marked ballots, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438. Unofficial ballots. Casting, §21-2-579. Disposition, §21-2-434.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ballots - Cont’d Unopposed candidates. Procedure, §21-2-291. Unused ballots. Recording, §21-2-294. Void ballots, §§21-2-437, 21-2-438. Voting machines, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334, 21-2-450 to 21-2-457. Withdrawal of candidate. Reprinting to omit name, §21-2-134. Ballot scanners. Absentee voting. Form of ballot in places where scanner used, §21-2-482. Custodian, §21-2-377. Delivery of equipment prior to opening of polls, §21-2-375. Design, size and stock of ballot to accommodate requirements of ballot scanners, §21-2-372. Preclusion of counting votes for candidates or questions that voter not permitted to vote for, §21-2-365. Protection against molestation and injury, §21-2-375. Seal for sealing system, §21-2-375. State-wide voting equipment. Scanning ballots marked by electronic ballot markers and tabulated by ballot scanners, §21-2-300. Storage, §21-2-377. Testing prior to primary or election, §21-2-374. Bond issues. Special election on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Buying or selling votes, §21-2-570. Campaign contributions. General provisions, §§21-5-30 to Campaigning at polling places, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414. Campaign posters, signs and advertisements. Polling places, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414. Candidates. Affidavit of withdrawal, §21-2-134. Campaign contributions. General provisions, §§21-5-30 to Certification of candidates for primary elections, §21-2-154.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Candidates - Cont’d Challenge to qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Conventions, nominating by, §21-2-172. State-wide office. Qualification of political bodies to nominate by conventions, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. County offices, school boards and school superintendents. Nonpartisan elections and primaries, §21-2-139. Death or disqualification. Following nonpartisan primary, §21-2-134. Occurring after nominations, §21-2-134. Only candidate for office, §21-2-134. Receipt of requisite votes to be elected after remaining on ballot, effect, §21-2-134. Reopening qualification, §21-2-155. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Disqualification, §§21-2-5, 21-2-6. Emergencies. Postponement and extension of qualifying period during state of emergency, §21-2-50.1. Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. Independent candidates. Ballot information, §21-2-379.5. Designation of poll watcher, §21-2-408. Presidential electors. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-132.1. Qualifying, §21-2-137. Voting machines to permit voting for, §21-2-322. Judicial offices. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Military duty, vacancies and effect on reelection, §§21-2-132, 21-2-153. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation of specific office sought, §21-2-135. Nomination certificates. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Candidates - Cont’d Nomination petitions, §21-2-132. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Public office other than municipal office, §§21-2-170, 21-2-171. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. County offices, school boards and school superintendents, §21-2-139. Judicial offices, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Candidate nominated for state-wide office in convention, §21-2-187. False statements, §21-2-565. Filing, §21-2-132. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Number of offices for which individual may be candidate at any one election. Restrictions, §21-2-136. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Polling places, entering, §21-2-414. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Qualification for primaries. Municipal candidates, §21-2-153.1. State or county candidates, §21-2-153. Qualifications. False statements, §21-2-565. Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Qualifying petitions, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Qualifying with political party for nomination after having qualified with another political party as candidate for nomination, §21-2-137. Reopening qualification for primary. Death or withdrawal of candidate prior to date of primary, §21-2-155. Same or similar names. Ballot labels, §21-2-325.1. Optical scanning voting system, §21-2-369.1.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Candidates - Cont’d Substitute nomination. Death or disqualification of nominated candidates, §21-2-134. Subversives ineligible to be nominated or elected, §21-2-7. Time for qualifying. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Unopposed candidates. General or special election. No election held, §21-2-291. No election in precinct unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-291. Municipal elections, §21-2-285. Special primary, §21-2-545. Voting machines used in precinct, §21-2-325. Primaries. No votes received, §21-2-158. Vacancies. Death or disqualification, §21-2-134. Following withdrawal, §21-2-134. Withdrawal of candidates, §21-2-134. Incumbent qualifying prior to primary election. Reopening qualification, §21-2-155. Incumbent withdrawing after filing notice of candidacy. Reopening qualification for other candidates, §21-2-132. Write-in candidates. Absentee special write-in ballots, §21-2-381.1. Certification of candidates by secretary of state, §21-2-133. Computation and certification of write-in votes, §21-2-494. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Ineligibility in general or special election where candidate for office immediately preceding primary, §21-2-133. Municipal run-off primary or election, §21-2-501. Voting machines used in primary, prohibition on write-in vote, §21-2-452.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Candidates - Cont’d Write-in candidates - Cont’d Optical scanning voting systems, §21-2-373. Computing and certifying votes, §21-2-486. Tabulating votes, §21-2-483. Run-off elections, ineligibility, §21-2-133. Voting machines used in precinct, §21-2-452. Canvassing and computing vote, §21-2-437. Cards of instruction for guidance of electors. Duty of superintendent to obtain, §21-2-400. Certificate of managers, §21-2-450. Certificates of election and commission. Issuance, §21-2-502. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-503. Certification of candidates for primary election, §21-2-154. Certification of superintendents, §§21-2-70, 21-2-101. Municipal superintendents, §§21-2-70, Challenged vote, §21-2-230. Elector entitled to vote challenged ballot, §21-2-433. Challenge of qualifications of persons applying to register to vote, §21-2-229. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Change in county boundaries. Place of voting, §21-2-224. Children accompanying elector into enclosed space, §21-2-413. Civil penalty, assessment by state election board, §21-2-33.1. Clerk of state court of county. Law requiring candidate to name chief deputy prior to election. Ballot to include name of chief deputy and candidate, §21-2-17. Clerks. Appointment by superintendent, §21-2-91. Oaths, §§21-2-93, 21-2-95.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Clerks - Cont’d Poll officers generally, §§21-2-90 to Closing of polls, §21-2-403. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Persons allowed to vote at hour for closing, §21-2-413. Poll officers. Duties after closing, §21-2-436. Voting machines, §21-2-454. Reporting on total number of ballots cast, poll officials at each precinct, §21-2-420. Breakdown of ballots cast by type of ballot, and when or how cast, §21-2-421. Time, §21-2-403. Voting machines. Duties of poll officers after, §21-2-454. Commercial use of list of electors, §21-2-601. Commissioner of agriculture. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Commissioner of insurance. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Commissioner of labor. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Commission issued to elected officers, §21-2-502. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-503. Committee appointed to inspect preparation of voting machines. Grand jury to appoint, §21-2-327. Complaints of voter intimidation or illegal election activities, §21-2-3. Compromise and settlements. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-527.1.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Computation of time periods under chapter, §21-2-14. Congressional elections. Congressional districts. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to senators and representatives, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Vacancy in office of senate or house of representatives, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543, 21-2-543.1. Consolidated government candidates. Filing of notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Constitutional amendments. Ballot information, §21-2-379.5. Placement on ballots, §21-2-285. Preparation, printing and distributing summary, §21-2-4. Recount or recanvass of votes, §21-2-495. Results of elections on constitutional amendments. Governor’s proclamation declaring results, §21-2-502. Superintendents to provide copies of proposed amendments, §21-2-70. Write-in voting, absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. Constitutional officers election board. Recount or recanvass of votes, §21-2-495. Constitution of Georgia. Amendments. Ballot information, §21-2-379.5. Placement on ballots, §21-2-285. Preparation, printing and distributing summary, §21-2-4. Results of elections on constitutional amendments. Governor’s proclamation declaring results, §21-2-502. Superintendents to provide copies of proposed amendments, §21-2-70.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Constitution of Georgia - Cont’d Results of elections on constitutional amendments. Governor’s proclamation declaring results, §21-2-502. Construction of chapter, §21-2-16. Contempt. Examination of nomination petition. Failure or refusal to obey subpoena or order, §21-2-171. Failure to obey state election board subpoenas, §21-2-33. Contested elections and primaries, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Administrative judges. Compensation of presiding judge, §21-2-523. Notification of proceedings to, §21-2-523. Selecting of judge of adjoining district, §21-2-523. Affidavits. Verification of petition by, §21-2-524. Amendment of petitions, §21-2-524. Answer, §21-2-524. Appeals, §21-2-528. Certificates of election and commission. Issuance of commission to person whose election contested, §21-2-503. Costs, §21-2-529. Counting votes. Filing of corrected returns, §21-2-493. Cross actions, §21-2-524. Definitions, §21-2-520. Grounds, §21-2-522. Hearings, §21-2-525. Jurisdiction. Superior courts, §21-2-523. Jury trial, §21-2-526. Notice of proceedings to answer petition, §21-2-524. Notification of proceedings to administrative judge, §21-2-523. Persons who may bring contest, §21-2-521. Petition, §21-2-524. Poll officers. Effect of finding of misconduct, §21-2-527. Presumptions. Rebuttable presumption of legal vote in contested election, §21-2-522.1.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Contested elections and primaries - Cont’d Pre-trial proceedings in superior courts, §21-2-523. Pronouncement of judgments, §21-2-527. Returns. Change in return due to election contest. Filing of corrected return, §21-2-493. Second primary or election. Calling for by court, §21-2-527. Service of petition upon state election board, §21-2-524. Service of special process, §21-2-524. Settlements, §21-2-527.1. Stay or supersedeas on appeals, §21-2-528. Subjects to contest, §21-2-521. Subpoena power of court, §21-2-525. Superior court jurisdiction, §21-2-523. Venue of jury trial, §21-2-526. Verdict. Special verdict, §21-2-526. Contributions. Campaign contributions generally, §§21-5-30 to 21-5-43. Conventions for purposes of nominating candidates. Date for holding, §§21-2-153, 21-2-187. Death or disqualification of candidate, §21-2-134. Presidential electors and candidates, §21-2-172. State-wide office, §§21-2-180 to Notice of candidacy by candidates nominated, §21-2-187. Petitions to qualify political bodies. Amendment or supplement after presentation to secretary of state prohibited, §21-2-184. Declarations required by person signing, §21-2-182. Examination and judicial review, §21-2-186. Filing required to qualify to nominate by conventions, §21-2-180. Form requirement, §21-2-183. Person signing, declarations by, §21-2-182. Secretary of state, filing with, §21-2-181.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Conventions for purposes of nominating candidates - Cont’d State-wide office - Cont’d Petitions to qualify political bodies - Cont’d Signatures required, §21-2-181. Time limitation on submitting to secretary of state for verification, §21-2-185. Qualifications of political body to hold conventions, §21-2-180. Costs. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-529. Payment for costs of elections. Public funding, §21-2-18. Counterfeiting. Ballots or ballot labels, §21-2-575. Counting ballots, §21-2-437. Counting votes. Computation and canvassing of returns, §21-2-492. Certification, §21-2-493. Change in return due to election contest. Filing of corrected returns, §21-2-493. Investigation of discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. Notice, §21-2-492. Procurement of blank forms, §21-2-492. Recount procedure, §21-2-493. State and federal officers, §21-2-499. Swearing of individuals assisting, §21-2-492. Write-in votes, §21-2-494. Consolidated return of election. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-497. Consolidated return of primary. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-496. Contested elections and primaries. Filing of corrected returns, §21-2-493. Discrepancies. Investigations, §21-2-493. Errors in counting. Grounds for contest, §21-2-522. Inspection of unsealed returns, §21-2-491. Paper ballot procedure generally, §21-2-437. Returns, §21-2-440.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Counting votes - Cont’d Premature counting by poll officers, §21-2-588. Presidential electors. Certification of returns by governor, §21-2-499. Recanvass, §21-2-495. Recounts. Discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. Losing candidate’s right to recount, §21-2-495. Procedure, §21-2-495. Voting machines. Canvass and return of votes generally, §21-2-455. General return sheets, duplicate return sheets, etc., §21-2-456. Withdrawn candidates. Votes cast for void and not counted, §21-2-134. Write-in votes. Computation and certification, §21-2-494. County authorized by municipality to conduct municipal elections, §21-2-45. County board of elections and registration, §21-2-40. Advance voting, daily reporting requirements, §21-2-385. Creation in county without board to assume superintendent’s duties, §21-2-74. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-75. Final copy of primary ballots from superintendent to secretary of state, §§21-2-496, 21-2-497. General assembly may create by local act, §21-2-40. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-75. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Political activity prohibition, §21-2-214. Qualifying for nomination or office to be voted for at primary or election. Vacation of office, §21-2-214. County boards of education. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-139.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d County election superintendents, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Funding sources, §21-2-71. Ineligibility to serve, §21-2-76. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, Vacancy in office upon assuming political party office, §21-2-76. County judicial office candidates. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. County office candidates, notice of candidacy. Filing and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. County office, challenge to qualifications. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office, §21-2-6. County registrars. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. County school superintendents. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-139. Court of appeals. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fees, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Criminal offenses, §§21-2-560 to Absentee voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-573. Affidavits. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Criminal offenses - Cont’d Alteration or destruction of entries on records or documents, §21-2-562. Assistance to electors. Influencing voter while giving unlawful assistance, §21-2-568. Poll officers failing to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. Poll officers permitting unlawful assistance, §21-2-591. Poll officers rendering unlawful assistance, §21-2-590. Receiving unauthorized assistance in voting, §21-2-579. Ballots. Casting unofficial ballot, §21-2-579. Counterfeit ballots or ballot labels, §21-2-575. Destroying, defacing or delaying delivery, §21-2-576. Fraudulently allowing to be seen, §21-2-579. Improper removal from book of official ballots, §21-2-577. Offenses by printers, §21-2-594. Unfolding, opening or prying into, §21-2-578. Unlawful possession, §21-2-574. Buying and selling of votes, §21-2-570. Campaign activities and public opinion polling within vicinity of polling place, §21-2-414. Commercial use of list of electors, §21-2-601. Compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote, §21-2-602. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Election supplies or conveniences. Removal or destruction, §21-2-583. Entering into voting compartment or booth while another voting, §21-2-568. False information by elector to poll officer, §21-2-571. False statements by candidates. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-565. Qualifying as candidate for party nomination, §21-2-565. False statements under oath or affirmation, §21-2-560. Frauds by poll officers, §21-2-587.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Criminal offenses - Cont’d Fraudulent entries. On records or documents, §21-2-562. General penalty for violation, §21-2-598. Identification to be presented to poll workers. Swearing of statement when unable to produce proper identification. Falsely swearing or affirming statement, §21-2-417. Inducing elector to reveal vote, §21-2-568. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Interfering with elector, §21-2-568. Interfering with poll officers, §21-2-569. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Neglect or refusal to deliver documents, §21-2-562. Nomination certificates. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Nomination petitions. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Notice of candidacy. Making of false statements in connection with filing, §21-2-565. Performance of duties by public or political officers. Failure to perform, §21-2-596. Intentional interference with performance, §21-2-597. Polling places. Maintenance of order and quelling disturbances. Neglect or refusal by law enforcement officers, §21-2-593. Poll officers. Acting without being sworn, §21-2-584. Failure to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. False certification as to swearing, §21-2-584. Frauds, §21-2-587. Hindrance or delay by law enforcement officers, §21-2-593.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Criminal offenses - Cont’d Poll officers - Cont’d Interfering with, §21-2-569. Permitting unlawful assistance to voters, §21-2-591. Permitting unregistered or unqualified persons to vote, §21-2-590. Premature counting by votes, §21-2-588. Refusal or failure of manager to administer oath to, §21-2-584. Refusing to permit registered and qualified persons to vote, §21-2-590. Unlawful rendering of assistance, §21-2-590. Willful omissions, §21-2-589. Punishment upon conviction of felony, §21-2-600. Punishment upon conviction of misdemeanor, §21-2-599. Qualifying as candidate for party nomination. Making of false statements in connection with, §21-2-565. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-585. Removal of records or documents, §21-2-562. Repeat voting, §21-2-572. Secretary of state. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-586. Solicitation of funding for costs of elections, §21-2-18. Solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Superintendents. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-585. Unqualified electors. Absentee voting by, §21-2-573. Voting by, §21-2-571. Vote recorders or tabulating machines. Tampering with, damaging or prevention of proper operation, §21-2-582. Voter registration, §21-2-561. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Voting machines. Fraudulently allowing ballot to be seen, §21-2-579.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Criminal offenses - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Tampering with, damaging, improper preparation, etc., §21-2-580. Unauthorized making or possession of keys, §21-2-581. Criminal procedure. Notice of candidacy or qualifying as candidate. Duties of district attorneys as to false statements, §21-2-565. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Custodian of voting machines, §21-2-327. Date of election. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. Primaries generally, §21-2-150. Run-off elections or primaries, §21-2-501. State, federal and county officers, §21-2-9. Death. Nominated candidates, §21-2-134. Reopening qualification, §21-2-155. Special primaries or elections. Death of person elected to public office, §21-2-504. Defacing ballot, §21-2-576. Definitions, §21-2-2. Absentee elector, §21-2-380. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-520. Precinct, §21-2-2. Voting machines and vote recorders, §21-2-310. Delivery of ballots upon completing returns, §21-2-500. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Destroying ballot, §21-2-576. Determining qualification or disqualification of electors, §21-2-228. Direct electronic recording voting system, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. Absentee voting. DRE used at registrar’s or absentee ballot clerk’s office, §21-2-383. Authorization by governing authority to purchase, §21-2-379.4. Automatic notice displays to electors, §21-2-379.10.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Direct electronic recording voting system - Cont’d Ballot information, §21-2-379.5. Ballot recap form. Completion and signature, §21-2-379.11. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness to purchase, §21-2-379.3. Casting ballot of another, §21-2-579. Certification, §21-2-379.2. Conflicts of interest, §21-2-379.2. Custodian of DRE units. Appointment and oath, §21-2-379.6. Demonstration of system, §21-2-379.8. Downloading election results from ballot storage medium, §21-2-379.11. Examination of system, §21-2-379.2. Extraction of election results by poll manager, §21-2-379.11. Maintenance of voting systems and supplies, §21-2-379.6. Mistakes, correcting, §21-2-293. Omissions, correcting, §21-2-293. Posted voting directions to electors, §21-2-379.7. Preparation of polling places, §21-2-379.7. Prevention of injury to DRE units, §21-2-379.7. Public tabulation of votes, §21-2-379.11. Purchase of system by governing authority, §§21-2-379.3, Request to examine system, §21-2-379.2. Requirements, §21-2-379.1. Sample ballot available for public exhibition, §21-2-379.8. Securing tabulating mechanism, §21-2-379.7. Storage of voting equipment, §21-2-379.9. Tabulation of voter, §21-2-379.11. Tampering with, §§21-2-566, 21-2-582. Testing of DRE units, §21-2-379.6. Transmission of election results to secretary, §21-2-379.11. Transportability, §21-2-379.1. Verification of registering mechanism, §21-2-379.6. Verification of tabulation tape, §21-2-379.11.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Direct electronic recording voting system - Cont’d Voiding ballots by poll workers, §21-2-379.10. Voting procedures for electors, §21-2-379.10. Voting requirements, §21-2-379.1. Disabled electors. Absentee ballots. Applications, requesting and handling on behalf of disabled or illiterate elector, §21-2-381. Assistance in preparing, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Assistance to electors, §21-2-409. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot marker accessible to persons with disabilities, §21-2-379.21. Polling places to provide facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter’s certificate. Preparation for physically disabled person, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Voting by disabled electors without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Voting machines. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. Discrepancies between votes cast and persons registered in precinct, §21-2-493. Recounts, §21-2-495. Disqualification from nomination, election to office or to act as officer at election, §21-2-8. Disqualification from registering or voting. Felony conviction, mentally incompetent, §21-2-216. Disqualification of candidate, §§21-2-5, 21-2-6. Distribution and proration of qualifying fees, §21-2-131. District attorneys. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Donations for administration of elections. Study and report by state election board, §21-2-71.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d DRE voting system, §§21-2-379.1 to Drivers’ licenses. Application for voter registration, §21-2-221. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Identification to be presented to poll workers, §21-2-417. Drop boxes for receipt of absentee ballots, §21-2-382. Early voting. Advance voting period, §21-2-385. Education. Voter education program. Duty of state board to formulate and conduct, §21-2-31. Electioneering or soliciting votes at polling places, §§21-2-413, Elector challenging candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal or state office, §21-2-5. Elector challenging other elector’s right to vote, §21-2-230. Elector challenging qualifications of person applying to register to vote, §21-2-229. Electronic balloting, §§21-2-379.21 to Disabilities, persons with. Electronic ballot marker accessible to persons with disabilities, §21-2-379.21. Electronic ballot markers. Absentee voting. Casting absentee ballot in person, use of electronic ballot marker, §21-2-383. Alteration, modification or change to voting equipment, §21-2-582.1. Assistance. Receiving unauthorized assistance, §21-2-579. Ballot design and style. Programming, §21-2-379.25. Conflicts of interest in examination process, §21-2-379.24. Contents and display of ballot, §21-2-379.23. Custodian, §21-2-379.25. Disabilities, persons with. Accessibility of marker to persons with disabilities, §21-2-379.21.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Electronic balloting - Cont’d Electronic ballot markers - Cont’d Examination of devices, §21-2-379.24. Interference with election or primary, §21-2-566. Paper ballot showing voter’s choices. Recounts, paper ballot used as official ballot, §21-2-379.23. Requirements of equipment, §21-2-379.22. Preclusion marking votes for persons or questions for which voter may not vote. Requirements of equipment, §21-2-379.22. Requirements of equipment, §21-2-379.22. Sale of uncertified devices. Fine, §21-2-379.24. Security of voting system. Information not open to public inspection, §21-2-379.24. Storage, §21-2-379.26. Tampering, etc, with equipment, §§21-2-566, 21-2-580, 21-2-582. Testing prior to election or primary, §21-2-379.25. Unapproved devices not to be used, §21-2-379.24. Electronic devices at polling places, restrictions, §21-2-413. Electronic election returns, §21-2-77. Electronic filing. Returns. Consolidated return of primary, §21-2-496. Electronic recording voting systems. Direct electronic recording voting system, §§21-2-379.1 to State-wide voting equipment. Scanning ballots marked by electronic ballot markers and tabulated by ballot scanners, §21-2-300. Electronic transmission of absentee ballots, §§21-2-384, 21-2-387. Emergencies. Candidates. Postponement and extension of qualifying period during state of emergency, §21-2-50.1. Employees afforded time off to vote, §21-2-404.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d English. Assistance to electors who cannot read English, §21-2-409. Entry into voting compartment or booth while another voting, §21-2-568. Evidence of result of primary or election. Proof sheets, prima facie evidence, §21-2-493. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Exit polls. Restrictions and prohibitions, §21-2-414. Expenses of primaries. Municipal nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. False statements. Notice of candidacy or qualifying as candidate, §21-2-565. Under oath or affirmation, §21-2-560. Federal Help America Vote act. Absentee ballots for overseas and absent military voters, §21-2-219. Oath on absentee ballot, §21-2-384. State duties under, §21-2-50.2. Fees. Political parties or bodies. Registration, §21-2-110. Qualifying fee, §21-2-131. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Voting machine examinations, §21-2-324. Felony conviction involving moral turpitude. Disqualification for nomination, election to office or to act as officer, §21-2-8. Filing of nomination petitions, requirements, §21-2-171. Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. Firearms carried near polling place. Peace officers and certified security guards carrying, §21-2-413. Forms. Absentee ballots, §§21-2-287, 21-2-383. Oath of absentee elector, §21-2-384. Oath of person assisting absentee elector, §21-2-384.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Forms - Cont’d Advertisement for polling place of run-off primaries, §21-2-270. Manager’s oath, §21-2-94. Nonpartisan election ballots, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Oath of office for managers and clerks. Clerk’s oath, §21-2-95. Manager’s oath, §21-2-94. Official election ballot, §21-2-285. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Voter identification cards, §21-2-417.1. Voters certificates, §21-2-402. Fraud. Disqualification for nomination, election or to act as officer, §21-2-8. Fraudulent entries on documents or records, §21-2-562. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Poll officers, §21-2-587. State election board’s authority to seek relief, §21-2-32. General assembly. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to members, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Vacancy occurring or existing in either house, §21-2-544. General penalty for violation, §21-2-598. Georgia election code. Chapter cited as, §21-2-1. Georgia municipal election code. References deemed to refer to chapter, §21-2-1. Repeal of conflicting provisions, §21-2-16. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Campaign contributions generally, §§21-5-30 to 21-5-45. Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Governor. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-499. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Handicapped electors. Absentee ballots. Assistance in preparing, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Assistance to electors, §21-2-409. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Polling places to provide facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter’s certificate. Preparation for physically disabled person, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Voting by disabled electors without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Voting machines. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. Hearings. Challenge by elector of other elector’s right to vote, §21-2-230. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525. Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. State election board, §21-2-33. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. Extraordinary relief for violations of office following performance review investigation, §21-2-33.2. State executive committee of political party. Hearings before, §21-2-112. Help America Vote act. Absentee ballots for overseas and absent military voters, §21-2-219. Oath on absentee ballot, §21-2-384. State duties under, §21-2-50.2.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Hospitals. Absentee voting by person confined to a hospital. In-person issuance or delivery of ballot, §§21-2-381, 21-2-384. Voting, sealing, and delivering ballot to registrar or absentee ballot clerk, §21-2-385. Hotline for reporting voter intimidation or illegal election activities, §21-2-3. Identification. Absentee voting. Application for ballot, verification of voter identity, §21-2-381. Duties of registrar or clerk upon receipt, §21-2-386. Envelopes for ballots, spaces for information regarding voter identification, §21-2-384. Procedure for marking ballots and envelopes, §21-2-385. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Presented to poll workers, §21-2-417. Identification card. Application for voter registration, §21-2-221. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Voter identification cards. Issuance, form, §21-2-417.1. Illiterate electors. Absentee ballots. Application, requesting and handling on behalf of disabled or illiterate elector, §21-2-381. Assistance in preparing, §21-2-385. Assistance in voting. Absentee ballots, preparation, §21-2-385. Persons unable to read English language, §21-2-409. Incumbents. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidates, §21-2-153. Reopening qualification, §§21-2-132, Withdrawal after filing notice of candidacy. Reopening of qualifying for other candidates, §21-2-132. Independent candidates. Designation of poll watcher, §21-2-408.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Independent candidates - Cont’d Independent defined, §21-2-2. Notice of candidacy. Filing, §21-2-132. Presidential electors. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-132.1. Qualification of candidates, §21-2-137. Voting machines to permit voting for, §21-2-322. Indigent candidates. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Inducing elector to reveal vote, §21-2-568. Ineligibility for nomination, election to office or to act as officer at election, §21-2-8. Injunctions. State election board. Compliance with orders, §21-2-33.1. Violations of election law or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Inspections. Unsealed returns, §21-2-491. Instruction cards. Duty of superintendent to obtain, §21-2-400. Voting machines, §21-2-450. Instructions to voters. Poll officers. Authorized to give, §21-2-410. Interference with conduct of election. Poll watchers, §21-2-408. Interference with performance of duties, §21-2-597. Elector, §21-2-568. Poll officers, §21-2-569. Primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Intervention. State election board. Proceedings seeking compliance with election law, §21-2-32. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Investigations. Discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. False statements by candidate as to notice or qualification, §21-2-565. State election board. Administration of primary and election laws within counties, §21-2-33.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Jail employees. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector in custody, §21-2-385. Joint county-municipal board of elections and registration. General assembly may create by local act, §21-2-45. Judges. Counties with civil and magistrate court. Vacancies in office of chief judge, filling, §21-2-546. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. County judicial offices, §21-2-139. Jurisdiction. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-523. Jury trial. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-526. Juvenile court judges. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Keeping order in polling places, §21-2-413. Lieutenant governor. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. List of electors. Official list of electors voting. Voters certificate binder to constitute, §21-2-432. Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to Local boards of education. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-139. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Mail voter registration applications, §21-2-223. Identification of registrant, §21-2-220. Services provided by designated voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Signatures sent electronically, §21-2-222. Majority of votes cast required for elections, §21-2-501.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Malfeasance in office. Disqualification for nomination, election to office or to act as officer, §21-2-8. Managers. Oaths, §§21-2-93, 21-2-94. Power to administer, §21-2-96. Poll officers generally, §§21-2-90 to Mandamus. Granting of nomination petitions, compelling, §21-2-171. State election board. Compliance with election law or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Merchant marine members. Registration of voters, §21-2-219. Military and overseas voters. Absentee voting generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Misconduct, fraud or irregularity. Ground for contesting election, §21-2-522. Monitors to proceedings for scanning or processing of absentee ballots, §21-2-386. Motor voter law, §21-2-221. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation of specific office sought, §21-2-135. Municipal absentee ballot clerks. Advance voting, daily reporting requirements, §21-2-385. Municipal buildings or rooms. Use as polling place, §21-2-266. Municipal candidates. Nominated by nomination petition. Required to be authorized by charter or ordinance, §21-2-170. Municipal charter or ordinance providing plurality of votes cast for election, §21-2-501. Municipal election code. References deemed to refer to chapter, §21-2-1. Repeal of conflicting provisions, §21-2-16.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Municipal election or primary held in conjunction with regular county, state or federal election. Poll officers assigned by county superintendent to serve as poll officers to conduct municipal election, §21-2-92. Municipal election superintendent, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Powers, selection, §21-2-70.1. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, Municipality authorizing county to conduct elections, §21-2-45. Municipal office candidates challenge to qualifications, §21-2-6. Municipal office candidates, notice of candidacy. Filing and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Municipal primaries, §21-2-139. Date for holding, §21-2-150. Expenses, §21-2-156. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Poll officers. Nomination by political party or appointment by superintendent, §21-2-152. Qualification of candidates, §21-2-153.1. Run-off primaries, §21-2-152. Write-in ballots. Voting machines, prohibition, §21-2-452. Municipal superintendent. Certification, §§21-2-70, 21-2-101. Final copy of primary ballots to secretary of state, §§21-2-496,

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d National voter registration act. Secretary of state. Chief state election official to coordinate state responsibilities, §21-2-210. Neglect or refusal to perform duties. Public officers or officers of political parties, §21-2-596. No election in precinct. Unopposed candidate, §§21-2-285, Nomination petitions, §21-2-132. Defacing or destroying, §21-2-564. Filing, §21-2-132. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Office other than municipal office, §§21-2-170, 21-2-171. Nominations. Automatic nominee of party. Municipal primaries, candidate not opposed, §21-2-153.1. Certificates. Substitute nomination caused by death or disqualification of nominated candidate, §21-2-134. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Convention, §21-2-172. State-wide office. Qualifications of political bodies to nominate candidates by convention, §§21-2-180 to County offices, school boards and school superintendents. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-139. Death or disqualification, §21-2-134. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Judicial offices. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Materials. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation of specific office sought, §21-2-135. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. County offices, school boards and school superintendents, §21-2-139.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Nominations - Cont’d Nonpartisan primaries and elections - Cont’d Judicial offices, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy. False statements, §21-2-565. Number of offices for which individual nominated at any one election. Restrictions, §21-2-136. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Petitions. Filing, §21-2-132. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Public office other than municipal office, §§21-2-170, 21-2-171. Willful destruction, fraudulent filing or suppression, §21-2-564. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Procedures for qualifications of candidates generally, §21-2-130. Qualification of candidates. False statements, §21-2-565. Municipal primaries, §21-2-153.1. Qualifying with political party as candidate after having qualified with another political party as candidate, §21-2-137. State or county primary, §21-2-153. Substitute nominations. Death or disqualification of nominated candidates, §21-2-134. Time for qualifying. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Vacancies. Death or disqualification, §21-2-134. Withdrawal of nominated candidates, §21-2-134. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. Ballots. Nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Nonpartisan primaries and elections - Cont’d County offices, school boards and school superintendents, §21-2-139. Judicial officers, §21-2-138. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation of specific office sought, §21-2-135. Municipalities calling nonpartisan primary, §21-2-157. Notice of candidacy, filing, §21-2-132. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Voting machines. Official nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-325. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of candidate after nonpartisan primary but before nonpartisan election, §21-2-134. Nonresidents. Voting in state for presidential and vice presidential electors, §21-2-216. No opposition to candidate in precinct. No election unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-291. Municipal elections, §21-2-285. Primaries, §21-2-545. Special primaries, no primary held, §21-2-545. Voting machines used in precinct, §21-2-325. Notice. Absentee ballot rejection, §21-2-386. Absentee ballot scanning or processing, §21-2-386. Absentee voters ineligibility, §21-2-381. Bonded debt, special election on incurring, §21-2-45.1. Campaign contributions. Withdrawal, §21-2-134. Candidacy. Filing, §21-2-132. Time for filing by candidates nominated for state-wide office in convention, §21-2-187. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Computation and canvassing of returns, §21-2-492. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Notice - Cont’d Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Determining qualification or disqualification of electors, §21-2-228. Disqualification of candidate, §§21-2-5, Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Testing prior to election or primary, public notice of testing, §21-2-379.25. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Filing notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Hearings before state executive committee of political party, §21-2-112. No election in precinct. Unopposed candidate, §§21-2-285, Nonpartisan primary called by municipality, §21-2-157. Polling place changes, §21-2-265. Polling place for run-off primaries, §21-2-270. Precinct changes, §21-2-261.1. Petition for division or alteration, §21-2-262. Preparation of voting machines. Mailing to appropriate persons or organizations, §21-2-327. Presidential electors. Filling vacancy, §21-2-12. Recount or recanvass of votes, §21-2-495. Special elections and primaries. Publication of call, §21-2-540. State election board. Consent orders or agreements, notice to general assembly, §21-2-36. Institution of proceedings seeking compliance with election law. Notification of administrative law judges, §21-2-32. Unopposed candidates. No election in precinct unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-291. Withdrawal of candidate. Posted in polling places, §21-2-134.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Notice - Cont’d Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. November elections. Officers elected, §21-2-9. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. Number of offices for which individual may seek at any one election. Restrictions, §21-2-136. Number of voters required to sign nomination petition, §21-2-170. Oaths. Assistance to electors and persons assisting, §21-2-409. Computation and canvassing of returns. Individuals assisting, §21-2-492. Poll officers, §21-2-405. Acting without being sworn, §21-2-584. Administration of oaths by managers, §21-2-96. Giving of false certification as to swearing, §21-2-584. Manager’s and clerk’s oath of office, §§21-2-93, 21-2-94. Form of clerk’s oath, §21-2-95. Refusal or failure of manager to administer to officer, §21-2-584. Superintendents, §21-2-70. Swearing in of person after certification of results. Contested elections and primaries, effect, §21-2-503. Occupying compartment or booth already occupied, §21-2-413. Offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to Officers. Arrest. Privilege from arrest on days of primaries and elections, §21-2-214. Disqualification to act as officer, §21-2-8. Poll officers, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Public performance of duties, §21-2-406. Superintendents, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Training, §21-2-100. Omission by inadvertence or mistake from list of electors. Determining qualification of elector, §21-2-407.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Opening of polls, §21-2-403. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Time, §21-2-403. Voting machines. Procedure, §21-2-450. Optical scanning voting system, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to Absentee voting. Ballots in precincts using optical scanning equipment, §21-2-482. Arrangement of candidates on ballots, §§21-2-369, 21-2-480. Authorization to use, §21-2-366. Ballot, §§21-2-372, 21-2-374. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness used to pay for system, §21-2-378. Break down during primary or election, §21-2-371. Candidates with same or similar names, §21-2-369.1. Certification, §21-2-368. Closing of polls, duties of poll officers, §21-2-485. Color of ballots, §21-2-481. Completion of voting, duties of manager, §21-2-484. Counting ballots, §21-2-483. Custodian, §21-2-374. Defective ballots, §21-2-483. Delivery of ballot, §21-2-371. Delivery of equipment prior to opening of polls, §21-2-375. Deputization of persons performing duties at tabulating center, §21-2-483. Design, size and stock, §§21-2-372, Digital images of scanned paper ballots created by voting system. Pilot program for posting of images, §21-2-483. Directing use, §21-2-366. Directions printed, §21-2-480. Duplicate copies of ballots. Torn, bent or otherwise defective, §21-2-483. Equipment requirement, §21-2-375. Examination of system, §21-2-368. Exhibition prior to primary or election, §21-2-376. Form and arrangement of ballots, §§21-2-369, 21-2-480.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Optical scanning voting system - Cont’d Good working order systems to be provided, §21-2-367. Impractical to use. Voting by paper ballots, §21-2-379. Inspecting seal on container of ballot, §21-2-483. Installation, §21-2-367. Number of voting booths or enclosures, §21-2-367. Official ballot, §21-2-480. Out of order during primary or election, §21-2-371. Paper ballots used when impractical to use system, §21-2-379. Payment for system, §21-2-378. Poll officers duties upon closing of polls, §21-2-485. Printing ballot, §21-2-369. Proceedings at tabulating center and precincts open to view of public, §21-2-483. Protection against molestation and injury, §21-2-375. Public exhibition prior to primary or election, §21-2-376. Purchase, lease, rent or otherwise procuring. Governing authority authorizing or directing use, §21-2-366. Recapped form prepared and signed upon completion of voting, §21-2-484. Request to examine system, §21-2-368. Requirements, §21-2-365. Review panel, §21-2-483. Sample ballots, §21-2-375. Seal for sealing system, §21-2-375. Security paper, ballots printed on, §21-2-372. Tabulation of vote, §21-2-483. Testing prior to primary or election, §21-2-374. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Voting requirements, §21-2-365. Write-in candidates. Computing and certifying, §21-2-486. Tabulating votes, §21-2-483. Voting for, §21-2-373. Orders. Recount or recanvass of votes, §21-2-495.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Overseas, citizens residing. Absentee voting generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Voting by permanent overseas citizens, §21-2-219. Paper ballots. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Contents and display of ballot, §21-2-379.23. Paper ballot showing voter’s choices. Recounts, paper ballot used as official ballot, §21-2-379.23. Requirements of equipment, §21-2-379.22. Party officers. Disqualification to act as, §21-2-8. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Payment for costs of elections. Public funding, §21-2-18. Payment of qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Performance of duties. Failure of public or political officer, §21-2-596. Intentional interference with, §21-2-597. Performance review of local election officials, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Appointment of independent performance review board, §21-2-107. Definition, §21-2-105. Duties of performance review board, §21-2-106. Implementation of provisions, rulemaking, §21-2-108. Members of performance review board, §21-2-106. Report and recommendations of performance review board, §§21-2-106, 21-2-107. Rulemaking to implement provisions, §21-2-108. Who may request, §21-2-106. Persons to remain outside enclosed space during voting, §21-2-413. Persons with disabilities. Absentee ballots. Assistance to disabled elector in preparing, §21-2-385.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Persons with disabilities - Cont’d Absentee ballots - Cont’d Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Assistance to disabled electors, §21-2-409. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Polling places to provide facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter’s certificate. Preparation for physically disabled person, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Voting by disabled electors without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Voting machines. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. Petitions. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524. Conventions by political bodies to nominate candidates for state-wide office, §§21-2-180 to Amendment or supplementation after presentation of secretary of state, §21-2-184. Examination and judicial review, §21-2-186. Filing with secretary of state, §21-2-181. Form requirements, §§21-2-181, Required to qualify, §21-2-180. Signatures, requirement, §21-2-182. Time for submitting to secretary of state, §21-2-185. Nomination petitions, §21-2-132. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Office other than municipal office, §§21-2-170, 21-2-171. Polling place changes or objections to changes, §21-2-265. Qualifying petitions, §21-2-132. Affidavit of circulator, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Conventions to nominate candidate for state-wide office. Qualification of political body to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Petitions - Cont’d Recount or recanvass of votes, §21-2-495. State election board. Filing of petition in proceeding seeking compliance with election law, §21-2-32. Superintendents. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. Extraordinary relief for violations of office following performance review investigation, §21-2-33.2. Photographic devices at polling places, restrictions, §21-2-413. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Placing elector in proper district. Duty of board of registrars, §21-2-226. Plurality defined, §21-2-2. Plurality of votes cast for election. Municipal charter or ordinance providing, §21-2-501. Political parties, §§21-2-110 to Chief executive committee of political party, §21-2-113. Conventions. Filling vacancy by substitute nomination. Death or disqualification of candidate, §21-2-134. Nominating presidential electors and candidates, §21-2-172. State-wide office, qualification to nominate candidates by, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. County board of elections. Ineligibility of person holding office to serve, §21-2-75. Selection of elector to serve as member, §21-2-74. County executive committee of political party, §§21-2-111 to Failure of officer to perform duties, §21-2-596. Fees. Registration of political party or body, §21-2-110.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Political parties - Cont’d Hearings before state executive committee, §21-2-112. Notice of opportunity for hearing before state executive committee, §21-2-112. Poll watchers. Designation, §21-2-408. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Qualifying fees, prorating and distributing, §21-2-131. Qualifying fees, setting, §21-2-131. Qualifying with party as candidate for nomination after having qualified with another party as candidate for nomination, §21-2-137. Registration of political party or body, §21-2-110. Failure to file statement, §21-2-110. Secretary of state. Filing of registration statements with, §21-2-110. State election board. Nomination of member to serve, §21-2-30. State executive committee of political party, §21-2-111. Hearings before, §21-2-112. Vacancies filled by substitute nomination. Death or disqualification of candidate, §21-2-134. Polling places. Absentee ballots. Additional sites for receiving, §21-2-382. Admission of electors to enclosed space, §21-2-433. Ballot boxes. Arrangement, §21-2-267. Ballots. Restrictions as to removal from, §21-2-434. Blocking or attempting to block avenue to door, §21-2-566. Campaign activities and public opinion polling within vicinity, §21-2-414. Campaigners conduct at polling places, §21-2-413. Candidates entering, §21-2-414. Cellular phone use prohibited, §21-2-413. Change of polling place, §21-2-265.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Polling places - Cont’d Closing of polls. Duties of poll officers after closing, §21-2-436. Voting machines, §21-2-454. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Time, §21-2-403. Conduct of voters at polling places, §21-2-413. Construction of rooms for use as temporary polling places, §21-2-269. Copies of sample or facsimile ballots to be available, §21-2-401. Direct electronic recording voting system. Preparation of polling places, §21-2-379.7. Disabled electors. Suitable and appropriate access, §21-2-265. Disturbances. Neglect or refusal by law enforcement officer to quell, §21-2-593. Electioneering or soliciting of voters, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414. Emergency or unavoidable event rendering polling place unavailable for use, §21-2-265. Equipment, §21-2-267. Establishing polling place outside boundaries of precinct. Certain counties, §21-2-265. Exit polls. Restrictions and prohibitions, §21-2-414. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Heating and light, §21-2-267. Identification to be presented to poll workers, §21-2-417. Janitorial services in public buildings. Compensation, §21-2-268. Late changes of polling places. Restrictions, §21-2-265. List of certified write-in candidates to be available, §21-2-401. Master list of county electors. Placing at polling places, §21-2-401. Municipal buildings or rooms, §21-2-266. Notice of change, §21-2-265.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Polling places - Cont’d Opening of polls. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Time, §21-2-403. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Portable or movable facilities, §21-2-266. Posting notice of withdrawal on the candidate’s name, §21-2-134. Primaries. Provision of space for political parties holding, §21-2-265. Run-off primaries, §21-2-270. Providing money or gifts, including food and drink, to an elector near or at polling place, §21-2-414. Provisional ballots, elector casting ballot in wrong precinct, §21-2-418. Public buildings. Compensation for use, §21-2-268. Use, §21-2-266. Public opinion polling within vicinity, §21-2-414. Removal of obstacles from entrances. Neglect or refusal by law enforcement officer, §21-2-593. Rent of public buildings, §21-2-268. Reporting on total number of ballots cast, poll officials at each precinct, §21-2-420. Breakdown of ballots cast by type of ballot, and when or how cast, §21-2-421. Restricted access residential communities. Full public access to polling place in restricted access residential community, §21-2-266. Run-off primaries, §21-2-270. School houses, §21-2-266. Selecting and fixing, §21-2-265. Self-service water from unattended receptacle for electors waiting in line, §21-2-414. Storage of election equipment, §21-2-267. Supplies, §21-2-267. Temporary polling places. Construction of rooms, §21-2-269. Time for opening and closing, §21-2-403.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Polling places - Cont’d Unavailability for use, changing polling place, §21-2-265. Voting machines. Arrangement, §21-2-267. Poll officers, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Absence. Assignments upon temporary absences, §21-2-405. Adjoining county to county of residence, serving in, §21-2-92. Appointment, §21-2-90. Arrest. Privilege from arrest on days of primaries and elections, §21-2-214. Assignments upon temporary absences or disability, §21-2-405. Assistant managers. Appointment, §21-2-90. Compensation, §21-2-98. Oath of office, §21-2-93. Form, §21-2-94. Oaths administered by, §21-2-96. Badges. Identification badges, §21-2-97. Ballot boxes, duties, §21-2-430. Certification, §21-2-99. County and municipal election officers, §21-2-101. Checklist of electors. Return, §21-2-411. Chief manager. Appointment, §21-2-90. Compensation, §21-2-98. Oath of office, §21-2-93. Form, §21-2-94. Oaths administered by, §21-2-96. Clerks. Appointment, §21-2-91. Compensation, §21-2-98. Oath of office, §21-2-93. Form, §21-2-95. Closing of polls. Duties after closing, §21-2-436. Voting machines, §21-2-454. Compensation, §21-2-98. Contested elections and primaries. Effect of finding of misconduct, §21-2-527. Custodian of electors list, ballot, etc. Designation, §21-2-405. Disability. Assignments upon, §21-2-405.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Poll officers - Cont’d Duties. Closing of polls. After closing polls, §21-2-436. Voting machines, §21-2-454. Returns, §21-2-440. Eligibility for nomination or public office, §21-2-92. Failure to appear on day of primary or election. Procedure upon, §21-2-405. Failure to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. Frauds, §21-2-587. Hindrance or delay by law enforcement officer, §21-2-593. Identification badges, §21-2-97. Instruction in election procedures, §21-2-99. Instructions to electors upon request, §21-2-410. Interfering with, §21-2-569. Lists of electors and inactive electors prepared and distributed to poll officers, §21-2-224. Managers. Appointment, §21-2-90. Compensation, §21-2-98. Oath of office, §21-2-93. Form, §21-2-94. Oaths administered by, §21-2-96. Meeting at place of primary or election, §21-2-405. Municipal primaries. Nomination by political party or appointment by superintendent, §21-2-152. Poll officers assigned by county superintendent to serve as poll officers to conduct municipal election or primary, §21-2-92. Nepotism, §21-2-92. Oaths, §§21-2-93, 21-2-405. Acting without being sworn, §21-2-584. Administered by manager, §21-2-96. Form of clerk’s oath, §21-2-95. Form of manger’s oath, §21-2-94. Giving of false certification as to swearing, §21-2-584. Refusal or failure of manager to administer oath to, §21-2-584. Omissions. Willful omission, §21-2-589.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Poll officers - Cont’d Part-time work on election day, §21-2-405. Permitting unlawful assistance to voters, §21-2-591. Permitting unregistered or unqualified persons to vote, §21-2-590. Premature counting of votes, §21-2-588. Preventing or attempting to prevent an officer from holding primary or election, §21-2-566. Primaries. Conduct of primary, §21-2-152. Public performance of duties, §21-2-406. Qualifications, §21-2-92. Refusal to permit registered or qualified persons to vote, §21-2-590. Residency requirement, §21-2-92. Returns. Duties, §21-2-440. Student teen election participant (STEP) program, §21-2-92. Superintendents. Appointment of clerks, §21-2-91. Appointment of managers, §21-2-90. Threatening violence or interrupting or interfering with duties, §21-2-566. Unlawful rendering of assistance, §21-2-590. Volunteers. Compensation not required, §21-2-98. Voters’ certificates. Return, §21-2-411. Voting machines. Duties after close of polls, §21-2-454. Willful omissions, §21-2-589. Polls of voters after voting. Restrictions and prohibitions, §21-2-414. Poll watchers. Authority to observe conduct of elections, §21-2-408. Badges, §21-2-408. Designation, §21-2-408. Ineligibility of candidates to serve as, §21-2-408. Removal when interfering with conduct of elections, §21-2-408. Reports of infractions, §21-2-408.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Poll watchers - Cont’d Training requirement, §21-2-408. Portable or moving polling facilities, §21-2-266. Precincts in which voting machines used, §21-2-332. Precincts, §§21-2-260 to 21-2-270. Ballots. Number of ballots equal to number of registered electors in precinct. Superintendent to provide, §21-2-290. Reporting on total number of ballots cast, poll officials at each precinct, §21-2-420. Breakdown of ballots cast by type of ballot, and when or how cast, §21-2-421. Boundary changes, §21-2-261. Petitions, §21-2-262. Reduction in size of precincts containing more than 2,000 electors, §21-2-263. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for costs incurred, §21-2-264. Requirements for boundaries, §21-2-261.1. Boundary requirements, §21-2-261.1. Certified electors list. Contents, authentication and return receipts, §21-2-401. Distribution, §21-2-401. Consolidation, §21-2-261. Petition, §21-2-262. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for costs incurred, §21-2-264. Requirements. On or after July 1, 1983, §21-2-261. Cost incurred in alteration of boundaries. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities, §21-2-264. Court order affecting precincts, filing, §21-2-261.1. Defined, §21-2-2. Division, §21-2-261. Investigation of petition for division, redivision, alteration, etc., §21-2-262. Petitions, §21-2-262. Reimbursement of counties and municipalities for costs incurred, §21-2-264.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Precincts - Cont’d Existing precincts to constitute separate precinct until changed, §21-2-260. Filings as to precincts, §21-2-261.1. Forms and supplies. Delivery to precincts, §21-2-401. Map reflecting change, filing, §21-2-261.1. Municipal governing authority to determine and establish number and boundaries of municipal precincts, §21-2-260. New precincts. Creation, §21-2-261. Petitions, §21-2-262. Notice of adoption of boundary change, §21-2-261.1. Notice of division, redivision, alteration, etc., §21-2-262. Petitions. Division or alteration of boundaries, §21-2-262. Pleadings initiating court actions, filing, §21-2-261.1. Polling places. Requirements, §§21-2-266 to Selecting, §21-2-265. Poll officers generally, §§21-2-90 to Reduction in size. Precincts containing more than 2,000 electors. Voting in previous election not completed one hour after closing, §21-2-263. United States department of justice, filing communications with, §21-2-261.1. Preservation of ballots and other documents, §21-2-500. Presidential and vice-presidential elections. Ballots. Alphabetically arrangement, §21-2-379.5. Issuance of certificates of election, §21-2-502. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. Certification by governor, §21-2-499. Compensation, §21-2-13. Expenses of electoral college, §21-2-13. Independent candidates. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-132.1.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Presidential electors - Cont’d Performance of duties, §21-2-10. Qualifying for office. Time for qualifying, §21-2-153. Time for qualification of candidates for office, §21-2-153. Vacancies. Procedure for filling, §21-2-11. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Absentee voting. Separate and distinct application required, §21-2-381. Applicability of general primary provisions, §21-2-200. Ballots. Setting up form of ballot, §21-2-200. Date, §21-2-191. Delegates to presidential nominating convention. Alternates. Oath of qualification, §21-2-196. Procedures for selecting, §21-2-195. Decision to elect delegates by primary, §21-2-191. Oath of qualification, §21-2-196. Procedures for selecting, §21-2-195. Qualifying periods for candidates for, §21-2-191. Unpledged delegates. Withdrawal of candidate, §21-2-197. Withdrawal of presidential candidate. Delegate unpledged, §21-2-197. Designation of political parties and bodies which may hold primaries, §21-2-191. Fees. Assessment of qualifying fee, §21-2-198. Georgia presidential preference primary law. Short title, §21-2-190. Governor’s proclamation, §21-2-192. List of candidates. Publication, §21-2-193. Submission to secretary of state, §21-2-193. Oath qualifying delegates, §21-2-196. Political party committee members or officers. Election at primary, §21-2-199.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Presidential preference primary - Cont’d Qualifying fees. Assessed, §21-2-198. Secretary of state to transmit proclamation to superintendent, §21-2-192. Short title. Georgia presidential preference primary law, §21-2-190. Withdrawal of candidates. Effect, §21-2-197. Presumptions. Contested election. Rebuttable presumption of legal vote in, §21-2-522.1. Primaries, §§21-2-150 to 21-2-158. Absentee ballots. Special write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. Affidavit filed with political party at time of qualifying. Municipal primaries, §21-2-153.1. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Authorization, §21-2-151. Ballots. Arrangement of candidates names, §21-2-285. Official nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Certification of candidates for primary elections, §21-2-154. Conducted in accordance with chapter relating to general election, §21-2-152. Conduct of primaries of political parties and nonpartisan primary jointly, §21-2-151. Consolidated return of primary, §21-2-496. Counting ballots, §21-2-437. Date conducted, §21-2-150. Death of candidate prior to primary. Reopening qualifications, §21-2-155. Death or disqualification of candidate after nomination resulting in no candidate for office. Vacancy filled by special primary, §21-2-134. Expenses. Municipal nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Primaries - Cont’d Expenses - Cont’d Payment, §21-2-156. General primaries. Date, §21-2-150. Joint conduct of primaries of political parties and nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-151. Judicial offices. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-138. County judicial offices, §21-2-139. Date, §21-2-150. Municipal primaries, §21-2-139. Date of municipal primaries, §21-2-150. Expenses, §21-2-156. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Qualification of candidates, §21-2-153.1. Run-off primaries, §21-2-152. Write-in ballots. Voting machines, prohibition, §21-2-452. Nonpartisan primaries. Ballots. Nonpartisan municipal primaries, §21-2-284.1. County offices, school boards and school superintendents, §21-2-139. Judicial offices, §21-2-138. Date, §21-2-150. Municipalities calling, §21-2-157. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. Voting machines. Official nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-325. No opposition to candidate. Special elections, no primary held, §21-2-545. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of payment of qualifying fee. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Payment of primary expenses, §21-2-156. Political party primaries. Authorization, §21-2-151. Date, §21-2-150. Death of candidate prior to date of, §21-2-155. Qualifications of candidates. Reopening in event of death or withdrawal prior to primaries, §21-2-155.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Primaries - Cont’d Polling places. Provision of space for political parties holding, §21-2-265. Run-off primaries, §21-2-270. Poll officers. Conduct of primary, §21-2-152. Poll watchers, §21-2-408. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Qualification of candidates. Municipal primaries, §21-2-153.1. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Qualifying petitions. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Reopening qualifications. Death or withdrawal of candidate prior to primary, §21-2-155. Returns. Consolidated return of primary, §21-2-496. Run-off primaries, §21-2-152. Ballots, §21-2-285.1. No candidate receiving majority of votes cast, §21-2-501. Polling places, §21-2-270. School boards. Nonpartisan primary, §21-2-139. School superintendents. Nonpartisan primary, §21-2-139. Special elections and primaries, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Time for qualifying for office. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. Unopposed candidates. No votes received, §21-2-158. Special elections, no primary held, §21-2-545. Vacancy and nomination filled by special primary. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of candidate resulting in no candidate for office, §21-2-134. Voting. Preparation of ballot by elector, §§21-2-325, 21-2-435. Voting machines. Ballot labels, §21-2-325. Cross primary voting, §21-2-322.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Primaries - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Preparation, §21-2-327. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of candidate resulting in no candidates for office. Vacancy filled by special primary, §21-2-134. Withdrawal of incumbent candidate prior to primary. Reopening qualifications, §21-2-155. Write-in ballots. Electors not permitted to cast, §21-2-435. Printers employed to print official ballots. Offenses, §21-2-594. Probate courts. Judges. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Procedure for qualifying as candidate, §21-2-130. Procedure prior to opening polls, §21-2-450. Proclamation of result of votes cast. Voting machines used by precinct, §21-2-455. Provisional ballots, §§21-2-418, Absentee voting. Circumstances causing ballot to be considered provisional, §21-2-386. Mismatch of identifying information, §21-2-381. Criteria for casting, §21-2-418. Report to secretary of state, §21-2-419. Validation of, §21-2-419. Public access to proceedings for scanning or processing of absentee ballots, §21-2-386. Publication. Bonded debt, notice of special election in incurring, §21-2-45.1. Call of special elections and primaries, §21-2-540. Computation and canvassing of returns, §21-2-492. Location of polling place for run-off primary, §21-2-270.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Publication - Cont’d Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Sample ballots or ballot labels, §21-2-400. Write-in candidates. Notice of intention of candidacy, §21-2-133. Public buildings. Polling places, §21-2-266. Compensation for use, §21-2-268. Public inspection or copying of documents. Refusal to permit, §§21-2-585, Public opinion polling within vicinity of polling place, §21-2-414. Public performance of duties by officers, §21-2-406. Public service commission. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to commissioners, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Punishment for violations. Felonies, §21-2-600. Misdemeanors, §21-2-599. Qualification of electors. Electors omitted from list of electors, §21-2-407. Qualifications to hold office, challenge. County and municipal office, §21-2-6. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Qualifying fee, §21-2-131. Pauper’s oath in lieu of paying, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Qualifying petitions, §21-2-132. Convention to nominate candidate for state-wide office. Qualification of political bodies, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Questions submitted to vote of municipal electors. Placement of questions on ballots, §21-2-285. Voting machine ballot labels. Determination of brief form of questions, §21-2-325.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Ranked choice voting. Absentee voting. Special run-off ballots for military and overseas voters, §21-2-384. Recall of public officers. Generally, §§21-4-1 to 21-4-21. Recanvass of votes, §21-2-495. Records. Alteration or destruction. Unlawful alteration or destruction, §21-2-562. Assistance to voters. Failure of poll officers to keep records, §21-2-592. Ballot forms. Open for public inspection prior to election, §21-2-292. Canceled ballots, §21-2-294. Delivery of documents. Neglect or refusal, §21-2-562. Fraudulent entries, §21-2-562. Number of ballots furnished, §21-2-294. Open to public inspection, §§21-2-51, Refusal by superintendents or secretary of state to permit, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Preservation, §§21-2-52, 21-2-73. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents. Superintendents or secretary of state, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Unlawful removal of documents, §21-2-562. Secretary of state. Refusal to permit public inspection, §21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-586. Stubs of ballots, §21-2-294. Superintendents. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-585. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-585. Unused ballots, §21-2-294. Recounts. Discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Paper ballot showing voter’s choices. Use as official ballot, §21-2-379.23.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Recounts - Cont’d Losing candidate’s right, §21-2-495. Procedure, §21-2-495. Registrars. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Registration of political parties or bodies, §21-2-110. Registration of voters. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Remaining in voting compartment unreasonable length of time, §21-2-413. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents. Superintendents or secretary of state, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228. Reopening of qualification of candidates in primaries. Death or withdrawal of candidate prior to date of primary, §21-2-155. Repeal of conflicting provisions of municipal election code, §21-2-16. Repeat voting, §21-2-572. Reporting requirements. Absentee voting. Returns, reporting of results, §21-2-386. Residency determinations, §21-2-217. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Retention of ballots and other documents, §21-2-500. Returns. Absentee voting. Scanning or processing of ballots and reporting of results, §21-2-386. Audits. Precertification tabulation audits, §21-2-498. Computation and canvassing, §21-2-492. Certification, §21-2-493. Change in return due to election contest. Filing of corrected returns, §21-2-493. Investigation of discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. Notice, §21-2-492. Procurement of blank forms for making statements, §21-2-492.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Returns - Cont’d Computation and canvassing - Cont’d Recount procedure, §21-2-493. State and federal officers, §21-2-499. Swearing of individuals assisting, §21-2-492. Write-in votes, §21-2-494. Consolidated return of elections. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-497. Consolidated return of primary. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-496. Delivery of ballots upon completing returns, §21-2-500. Electronic election returns, §21-2-77. Electronic filing. Consolidated return of primary, §21-2-496. Paper ballot procedure generally, §§21-2-437, 21-2-440. Precertification tabulation audits, §21-2-498. Presidential electors. Certification by governor, §21-2-499. Public inspection of unsealed returns, §21-2-491. Recanvass, §21-2-495. Recount. Discrepancies in vote count, §21-2-493. Losing candidate’s right to recount, §21-2-495. Procedure, §21-2-495. Voting machines. Canvass and return of votes generally, §21-2-455. General return sheets, duplicate return sheets, etc., §21-2-456. Write-in votes. Computation and certification, §21-2-494. Revealing vote. Inducing elector, §21-2-568. Run-off elections. Ballots. Absentee voting. Special run-off ballots for military and overseas voters, §21-2-384. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-285.1. Special write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. No candidate receiving majority of votes cast, §21-2-501.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Run-off elections - Cont’d Nonpartisan elections. Ballots, §21-2-285.1. Write-in candidates ineligibility, §21-2-133. Run-off primaries, §21-2-152. Ballots, §21-2-285.1. Absentee voting. Special run-off ballots for military and overseas voters, §21-2-384. No candidate receiving majority of votes cast, §21-2-501. Polling places, §21-2-270. Sample ballots or ballot labels. Direct electronic recording voting system. Public exhibition of sample ballot and demonstration of system, §21-2-379.8. Polling places. Copies of sample or facsimile ballots, §21-2-401. Printing and publishing in newspapers, §21-2-400. Schools and education. Local school boards. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-139. Polling places, schools used as, §21-2-266. Secretary of state. Certification of political party candidate for primary, §21-2-154. Certification of write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. Federal and state office, §21-2-5. Computation and canvassing of vote for state and federal officers, §21-2-499. Conventions to nominate candidates for state-wide public office. Petitions to qualify political bodies to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. Conventions to nominate presidential electors and candidates. Examination of political parties rules or regulations, §21-2-172. Date of election, §21-2-9.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Secretary of state - Cont’d Direct electronic recording voting system. Examination of system, approval, §21-2-379.2. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Display of ballot, §21-2-379.23. Examination of devices, §21-2-379.24. Electronic transmission of absentee ballots, pilot program, §21-2-387. Examination of optical scanning voting system, §21-2-368. Federal Help America Vote act. State duties under, §21-2-50.2. Fiduciary capacity. Prohibited from serving in for candidate’s campaign, §21-2-50. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. National voter registration act. Chief state election official to coordinate state responsibilities, §21-2-210. Nomination petition presented in office of secretary. Examination upon presentation, §21-2-171. Political parties or bodies. Filing of registration statements with secretary, §21-2-110. Powers and duties, §21-2-50. Qualifying fees, fixing and publishing, §21-2-131. Records. Preservation, §21-2-52. Public inspection, §21-2-51. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-586. Reporting to superintendents of total number of ballots cast at each precinct and posting of information publicly. Comparison of total ballots reported against number of ballots counted and uncounted. Reporting of results of comparison to secretary of state, §21-2-421. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Secretary of state - Cont’d Voting machine examinations, §21-2-324. Write-in candidates. Certification, §21-2-133. Secret ballot. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Requirements of equipment, §21-2-379.22. Intentionally observing elector casting a ballot in order to see votes, §21-2-568.1. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Selection and qualification of candidates and presidential electors. General provisions, §§21-2-130 to Selling votes, §21-2-570. Service of process. Contested elections and primaries. Petitions upon state election board, §21-2-524. Special process, §21-2-524. Examination of nomination petitions, §21-2-171. Hearings before state election board, §21-2-33. Signatures. Absentee voting. Applications. Effect of signature mismatches, §21-2-381. Affidavits. Improper signing, §21-2-563. Nomination petitions, §21-2-170. Improper signing, §21-2-563. Petitions to qualify political bodies to nominate by convention. State-wide public office, §21-2-182. Social Security numbers. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Solicitation of funding for costs of elections, §21-2-18. Solicitation of votes at polling places, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414. Solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Special elections and primaries, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Ballots. Arrangement of candidates names, §21-2-285. Inclusion of candidates and questions on ballot for general primary or election, §21-2-541. Listing of candidates on ballot, §21-2-540. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Call of special election, §21-2-540. Candidates, qualification, §21-2-153. Conduct generally, §21-2-540. Counties with civil and magistrate court. Vacancies in office of chief judge, filling, §21-2-546. Day for holding, §21-2-540. Death of person elected to public office, §21-2-504. Failure of officer elected to qualify, §21-2-504. Failure to nominate or elect, §21-2-504. Grounds, §21-2-504. Holding at time of general primary or election, §21-2-541. Inclusion of candidates and questions on ballot for general primary or election, §21-2-541. Independent candidates, notice of candidacy. Federal offices, §21-2-132. Publication of call, §21-2-540. Run-off special primary or special election, §21-2-501. Terms of municipal officers elected, §§21-2-541, 21-2-541.2. Vacancy in representation of state in senate of United States, §21-2-542. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of nominated candidate resulting in no candidate for office. Special primary to fill vacancy, §21-2-134. Withdrawal prior to taking office, §21-2-504. State court judges. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d State election board, §§21-2-30 to Absentee ballots, electronic transmission. Establishment of procedures, §§21-2-384, 21-2-387. Actions by board seeking compliance with laws or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Administrative law judges. Presiding over proceedings seeking compliance with law or rules or regulations, §21-2-32. Appeals. Proceedings seeking compliance with election law or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Bylaws, §21-2-30. Chairperson, §21-2-30. Compensation, §21-2-34. Composition, §21-2-30. Consent orders or agreements, notice to general assembly, §21-2-36. Contempt. Failure to obey subpoenas, §21-2-33. Contested elections and primaries. Service of petition upon, §21-2-524. Created, §21-2-30. Donations for administration of elections. Study and report, §21-2-71. Duties, §21-2-31. Emergency rulemaking. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. Enforcement powers, §21-2-33.1. Executive director, §21-2-30. Expenses, §21-2-34. Frauds or irregularities in primaries and elections within counties. Investigating, §21-2-33. Hearings before board, §21-2-33. Injunctions, §§21-2-32, 21-2-33.1. Intervention in court actions, §21-2-32. Investigating administration of primary and election laws within county, §21-2-33. Investigative powers, §21-2-31. Local election officials. Performance review. Appointment of independent performance review board, §21-2-107.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d State election board - Cont’d Mandamus. Compliance with election law or rules and regulations, §21-2-32. Meetings, §21-2-30. Notice. Institution of proceedings seeking compliance with law or rules or regulations, §21-2-32. Petitions seeking compliance with law or rules and regulations. Filing, §21-2-32. Powers, §21-2-31. Subpoena powers, §21-2-33. Quorum, §21-2-30. Removal, §21-2-30. Rulemaking authority, §21-2-31. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. Procedures for electronic transmission of absentee ballots, §§21-2-384, 21-2-387. Seal, §21-2-30. Service of process. Action seeking relief affecting calling, holding, etc., of elections or primaries, §21-2-32. Hearings before board, §21-2-33. Subpoena powers, §21-2-33. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, 21-2-33.2. Terms, §21-2-30. Vacancies, §21-2-30. Voter education program. Duty to formulate and conduct, §21-2-31. Voter registrars. Challenge by elector of qualifications of person applying to register. Failure to comply with provisions, sanctions by state election board, §§21-2-229, 21-2-230. Voter registration places. Adoption of rules and regulations setting forth criteria governing selection, §21-2-215. Witnesses. Hearings before board, §21-2-33. State school superintendent. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d State school superintendent - Cont’d Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. State-wide office, conventions to nominate, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. State-wide voting equipment, §21-2-300. County responsibilities, §21-2-300. Provision by state, §21-2-300. Scanning ballots marked by electronic ballot markers and tabulated by ballot scanners, §21-2-300. Storage of voting equipment. Ballot scanners, §21-2-377. Canvass of votes, upon completion of, §21-2-457. Direct recording electronic units and related equipment, §§21-2-379.9, Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers, §21-2-379.26. Polling places, §21-2-267. Straight party voting. Method of casting ballot, §21-2-435. Voting machines to permit, §21-2-322. Student teen election participant (STEP) program. Poll officers, §21-2-92. Subpoenas. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525. Nomination petition, examination, §21-2-171. State election board, §21-2-33. Subversives ineligible to be nominated or elected, §21-2-7. Superintendents, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Appropriations by county or municipality of funds necessary to conduct primaries and elections, §21-2-71. Arrest. Privilege from arrest on days of primaries and elections, §21-2-214. Certification, §§21-2-70, 21-2-101. County superintendents, §21-2-101. Municipal superintendents, §§21-2-70, 21-2-101.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Superintendents - Cont’d Certification of political party candidate for primary, §21-2-154. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold county or municipal office, §21-2-6. Clerks. Appointment, §21-2-91. Computation and canvassing of returns, §§21-2-492, 21-2-493. Consolidated return of elections. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-497. Consolidated return of primary. Preparation and filing of copies, §21-2-496. Copies of proposed amendment to constitution or new constitution, §21-2-70. Creation of county board of elections to assume superintendent’s duties, §21-2-74. Delivery of copy of returns, ballots, tally papers, etc., to, §21-2-440. Delivery of forms and supplies to precincts, §21-2-401. Disqualification, §21-2-8. Duties, §21-2-70. Preparation for primaries and elections, §§21-2-400, 21-2-401. Public performance, §21-2-406. Electronic election returns, §21-2-77. Funding sources, §21-2-71. Ineligibility to serve as county superintendent, §21-2-76. Inspection of unsealed returns, §21-2-491. Instruction of poll officers and workers in election procedures, §21-2-99. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Nomination petition presented in office of superintendent. Examination upon presentation, §21-2-171. Oath, §21-2-70. Offices to remain open during primaries and elections until duties completed, §21-2-490. Opening sealed envelopes upon order, §21-2-491. Poll officers. Appointment of managers, §21-2-90. Powers, §21-2-70. Municipal superintendents, §21-2-70.1.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Superintendents - Cont’d Qualifying fees, paying to, §21-2-131. Records. Open to public, §21-2-72. Preservation, §21-2-73. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-585. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-585. Recounts or recanvass, §21-2-495. Reporting on total number of ballots cast at each precinct and posting of information publicly, §21-2-420. Breakdown of ballots cast by type of ballot, and when or how cast, §21-2-421. Comparison of total ballots reported against number of ballots counted and uncounted. Reporting of results of comparison to secretary of state, §21-2-421. Selection of municipal superintendents, §21-2-70.1. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. State election board, §§21-2-33.1, Temporary superintendent. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, Vacancy of county superintendent office upon assuming political party office, §21-2-76. Voting machines. Generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334. Preparing voting machines for voting, §21-2-327. Write-in votes. Computation and certification, §21-2-494. Superior court judges. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Superior court judges - Cont’d Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fees, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Superior court review of denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Superior courts. Appeals from decisions denying or allowing registrations, §21-2-224. Contested elections and primaries. Jurisdiction and general pre-trial proceedings, §21-2-523. Denial of nomination petition, review, §21-2-171. Duties on days of primaries and elections, §21-2-412. Supervisory boards and officers. Registration of and committee organization of political parties and bodies, §§21-2-110 to 21-2-113. Supplies. Direct electronic recording voting system. Maintenance of voting systems and supplies, §21-2-379.6. Duties of superintendent to obtain, §21-2-400. Duty of superintendent to pack and deliver to precincts, §21-2-401. Removal or destruction, §21-2-583. Supreme court justices. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificate of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138. Filing notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Tampering with elector’s list, voter’s certificate, etc., §21-2-566. Tampering with voting machines, electronic ballot marker, tabulating machine, etc, §§21-2-580, 21-2-582.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Terms of municipal officers elected, §§21-2-541, 21-2-541.2. Threats. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Time. Computation, §21-2-14. Date of election for state, federal or county officers, §21-2-9. Date of primary, §21-2-150. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Extension of time for voting. Provisional ballots cast during, §21-2-418. Holding conventions for purposes of nominating candidates, §21-2-172. Nomination petitions, filing, §21-2-132. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial officers, §21-2-138. Nonpartisan primary called by municipality, §21-2-157. Notice of candidacy. Candidates nominated for state-wide office in convention, §21-2-187. Filing, §21-2-132. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Opening and closing of polls, §21-2-403. Petitions to qualify political body to nominate candidates for state-wide office by convention. Submission to secretary of state, §21-2-185. Qualification of candidates in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Run-off elections or primaries, §21-2-501. Special elections for primaries. Holding generally, §21-2-540. Training of election officials, §21-2-100. Universities and colleges. Absentee voting. Furnishing of applications to, §21-2-381. Unopposed candidates. General or special election. No election held, §21-2-291. No election in precinct unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-291. Municipal elections, §21-2-285. Primaries, §21-2-545.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Unopposed candidates - Cont’d No election in precinct unless write-in candidate qualifies - Cont’d Voting machines used in precinct, §21-2-325. Primaries. No votes received, not nominated, §21-2-158. Unqualified electors. Absentee voting by, §21-2-573. Voting by, §21-2-571. Vacancies in office. Either house of general assembly, §21-2-544. Representative in United States congress, §§21-2-543, 21-2-543.1. Vacancy occurring in party nomination. Death or disqualification of nominated candidate, §21-2-134. Venue. Actions brought by attorney general to enforce civil penalties assessed or orders issued by state election board, §21-2-33.1. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office. Filing petition for appeal, §21-2-6. Federal or state office. Filing petition for appeal, §21-2-5. State election board. Institution of proceedings seeking compliance with election law, §21-2-32. Verdict. Contested elections and primaries. Special verdict, §21-2-526. Vote recorders and tabulating machines. Ballot labels. Counterfeiting, §21-2-575. Damaging, §21-2-582. Poll watchers, §21-2-408. Prevention of proper operation, §21-2-582. Tampering with, §21-2-582. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Working order. Preventing proper operation, §21-2-582. Voter education program. Duty of state board to formulate and conduct, §21-2-31.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voter identification cards. Issuance, form, §21-2-417.1. Voter intimidation. Hotline for reporting voter intimidation or illegal election activities, §21-2-3. Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Voter’s certificates, §21-2-402. Execution by elector, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Insertion in voter’s certificate binder, §21-2-432. Preparing or presenting fraudulent certificate, §21-2-566. Separate preservation and disposition of refused application, §21-2-432. Voting machines used by precinct. Insertion of certificate in voter’s certificate binder, §21-2-453. Voting. Absentee voting, §§21-2-380 to Admission of electors to closed space, §21-2-433. Age to vote, §21-2-216. Assistance to voters, §21-2-409. Absentee electors. Oath of person assisting, §21-2-384. Absentee voting, §21-2-385. Failure of poll officer to keep record, §21-2-592. Poll officers permitting unlawful assistance, §21-2-591. Poll officers unlawfully rendering assistance, §21-2-590. Receiving unauthorized assistance, §21-2-579. Ballots generally, §§21-2-280 to Buying or selling votes, §21-2-570. Certificate binders. Official list of electors voting. Voting machines, §21-2-453. Challenge of elector’s right to vote. Elector entitled to vote challenged ballot, §21-2-433. Change in county boundaries. Place of voting, §21-2-224. Citizenship requirement to vote, §21-2-216. Conduct at polling places, §21-2-413. Detachment of ballot from stub and distribution to elector, §21-2-433.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting - Cont’d Direct electronic recording voting system, §§21-2-379.1 to Disqualification, §21-2-216. Elector’s name appearing on inactive list of electors, §21-2-235. Employees afforded time off to vote, §21-2-404. Entitlement of qualified electors on certified registration list of vote, §21-2-224. Entry into voting compartment or booth while another voting, §21-2-568. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. False information to poll officer, §21-2-571. Felony conviction involving moral turpitude. Voting upon completion of sentence, §21-2-216. Identification to be presented to poll workers, §21-2-417. In more than one precinct in same primary or election, §21-2-572. Instructions to electors upon request, §21-2-410. Intentionally observing elector casting a ballot in order to see votes, §21-2-568.1. Interfering with electors, §21-2-568. Intimidation, §21-2-567. Mentally incompetent. Voting upon removal of disability, §21-2-216. Nonresidency status. Voting in state of Georgia, §21-2-216. Optical scanning voting system, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486. Paper ballots, §§21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Permanent overseas citizens, §21-2-219. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Portion of county changed from one county to another, §21-2-224. Procedure as to marking and depositing ballot, §21-2-435. Qualifications generally, §21-2-216. Absentee voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-573.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting - Cont’d Qualifications generally - Cont’d Examination of electors’ qualifications, §21-2-228. Voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-571. Rebuttable presumption as to legal vote, §21-2-522.1. Repeat voting, §21-2-572. Residency determinations, §21-2-217. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Revealing vote. Inducing elector to reveal, §21-2-568. Secrecy of voting. Intentionally observing elector casting a ballot in order to see votes, §21-2-568.1. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Unqualified electors. Absentee voting by, §21-2-573. Voting by, §21-2-571. Voting machines, §§21-2-450 to Wait times for electors. Reduction in size of precincts containing more than 2,000 electors, §21-2-263. Withdrawn candidates. Votes cast for void and not counted, §21-2-134. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Voting machines, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334, 21-2-450 to 21-2-457. Admission of electors to enclosed space, §21-2-452. Affidavit attesting to preparation, §21-2-327. Approval, §21-2-324. Revocation, §21-2-324. Ballot labels. Counterfeiting, §21-2-575. Forms, §21-2-325. Printing and publishing sample ballot labels, §21-2-400. Unofficial ballot labels, §21-2-326. Bonds or other indebtedness to meet costs, §21-2-333. Break down of machine during primary or election. Paper ballots used, §21-2-326.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Candidates accommodated. Requirements as to numbers, §21-2-323. Candidates not appearing upon ballot label. Machine to permit voting for, §21-2-322. Canvass of votes, §21-2-455. Removal, storage and examination of machines after completion of vote count, §21-2-457. Seal and return of electors list upon completion of count, §21-2-456. Certification, §21-2-324. Challenge of right to vote. Voting by electors whose right is challenged, §21-2-452. Closing of polls. Duties of poll officers after, §21-2-454. Committee to inspect machines. Appointment by grand jury, §21-2-327. Conflicts of interest. Secretary of state or examiner having pecuniary interest in voting machines, §21-2-324. Counterfeiting ballot labels, §21-2-575. Custodians, §21-2-327. Compensation, §21-2-331. Designation, §21-2-331. Damaging, §21-2-580. Defacing ballots, §21-2-576. Definitions, §21-2-310. Delaying delivery of ballots, §21-2-576. Delivery, §21-2-328. Keys to chief manager, §21-2-329. Deputy custodians, §21-2-327. Destroying ballots, §21-2-576. Diagrams furnished by superintendent, §21-2-328. Different types. Use, §21-2-323. Disabled voters. Paper ballots for, §21-2-452. Duplicate return sheets, voter certificates, etc. Delivery, §21-2-456. Examination, §21-2-324. After completion of vote count, §21-2-457. Examiner. Appointment, §21-2-324.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Examiner - Cont’d Compensation, §21-2-324. Exhibition of sample machines, §21-2-330. Fees. Examinations, §21-2-324. Forms. Ballot labels, §21-2-325. Unofficial ballot labels, §21-2-326. Fraudulently allowing to be seen, §21-2-579. Fraudulent votes registered upon, §21-2-566. Funds available to pay for machines. Ascertainment of whether funds available by municipality or county, §21-2-321. Furnishing machines, §21-2-328. General requirements, §21-2-322. Governing authority of municipality. Power to authorize use and procurement, §21-2-320. Heating and light. Compensation for use of public buildings, §21-2-268. Impracticality of using voting machines, §21-2-334. Conduct of primary or election by paper ballot, §21-2-281. Independent nominations. Machines to permit voting for, §21-2-322. Inspection of voting machine preparation, §21-2-327. Installation, §21-2-323. Instruction and notices of penalties, posting, §21-2-450. Instruction on sample machines, §21-2-330. Keys. Delivery to chief manager, §21-2-329. Designation and compensation of custodian, §21-2-331. Unauthorized making or possession, §21-2-581. Lamp furnished by superintendent, §21-2-328. Machine out-of-order, §21-2-326. Impractical to use machine, §21-2-334. Molestation or injury. Protection against, §21-2-328.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Names of candidates. Candidates with same or similar names, §21-2-325.1. Form of ballot labels generally, §21-2-325. Nonpartisan primaries and elections. Form of ballot labels generally, §21-2-325. Notice of preparation. Mailing to appropriate person, §21-2-327. Number. Minimum number of machines, §21-2-323. Official list of voters voting. Voter’s certificate binder, §21-2-453. Opening of polls. Procedure, §21-2-450. Out of order during primary or election. Paper ballots used for taking votes, §21-2-326. Paper ballots. Disabled voters, §21-2-452. Discontinuance of use, §21-2-323. Payment for machines. Responsibility of governing authority, §21-2-333. Persons and organizations to whom notice of preparation to be mailed, §21-2-327. Petitions. Referendum on question of use, §21-2-321. Polling places. Arrangement, §21-2-267. Poll officers. Duties after close of polls, §21-2-454. Portable polling facilities, §21-2-332. Preparation for voting, §21-2-327. Improper preparation, §21-2-580. Prevention of proper operation, §21-2-580. Primaries. Form of ballot labels generally, §21-2-325. Preparation of machine, §21-2-327. Procedure for voting generally, §21-2-452. Proclamation of result of votes cast, §21-2-455. Procurement. Bonds or other indebtedness, §21-2-333.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Procurement - Cont’d Payment, §21-2-333. Power of municipal governing authority, §21-2-320. Protection against molestation of and injury to, §21-2-328. Qualification of elector. Procedure upon, §21-2-451. Questions to be voted on by electors of municipality. Determination of brief form of questions, §21-2-325. Reexamination, §21-2-324. Referendum on question of use, §21-2-321. Registration as prerequisite to voting, §21-2-451. Removal after completion of vote count, §21-2-457. Requirements, §21-2-322. Number of candidates accommodated, §21-2-323. Working order, §21-2-323. Return of votes, §21-2-455. Delivery of duplicate return sheets, §21-2-456. Form of general return sheet, duplicate return sheets and statements, §21-2-456. Sample machines. Public exhibition and instruction, §21-2-330. Sealing, §21-2-328. Set up, §21-2-328. Signing of name. Elector unable to, §21-2-451. Statement upon ascertaining vote. Form, §21-2-456. Posting, §21-2-456. Storage. After completion of vote count, §21-2-457. When not in use, §21-2-331. Straight party voting. Machines to allow, §21-2-322. Superintendents. Preparing voting machines for voting, §21-2-327. Tampering with, §21-2-580. Unofficial ballot labels, §21-2-326. Use. Different types, §21-2-323. Power of municipal governing authority, §21-2-320.

INDEX ELECTIONS - Cont’d Voting machines - Cont’d Use - Cont’d Referendum on question, §21-2-321. Voter’s certificate binder. Delivery of duplicate certificates, §21-2-456. Execution, §21-2-451. Official list of voters voting, §21-2-453. Separate preservation and return of refused applications, §21-2-453. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Voting outside of precinct of residency, §21-2-451. Voting procedure generally, §§21-2-450, 21-2-452. Working order, §21-2-323. Prevention of proper operation, §21-2-580. Write-in candidates. Procedure as to write-in votes, §21-2-452. Write-in voting. Machines to permit, §21-2-322. Wait times for electors to vote. Reduction in size of precincts containing more than 2,000 electors, §21-2-263. Weapons. Peace officers and certified security guards carrying firearms near polling places, §21-2-413. Withdrawal of candidates, §21-2-134. Withdrawal of elected officer prior to taking office. Special election and primary, §21-2-504. Witnesses. Examination of nomination petitions, §21-2-171. Hearings before state election board, §21-2-33. Write-in ballots for constitutional amendments or questions, §21-2-381.1. Write-in candidates. Absentee voting. Special write-in absentee ballots, §21-2-381.1. State write-in absentee ballot for certain electors, §21-2-381.2. Affidavit, §21-2-133. Certification by secretary of state, §21-2-133.

ELECTIONS - Cont’d Write-in candidates - Cont’d Computation and certification of write-in votes, §21-2-494. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Ineligibility in general or special election if candidate for office in immediate preceding primary, §21-2-133. Municipal run-off primary or election, §21-2-501. Notice of candidacy, §21-2-133. Optical scanning voting system, §21-2-373. Computing and certifying, §21-2-486. Tabulating votes, §21-2-483. Polling places. List of certified write-in candidates to be available, §21-2-401. Primaries, prohibition, §21-2-435. Run-off elections. Ineligibility of write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Voting machines. Procedure as to write-in votes, §21-2-452. ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Presidential electors, §§21-2-10 to ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS. Campaign contributions by, §21-5-30. ELECTRONIC FILING. Elections. Consolidated return of primary, §21-2-496. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. ELECTRONIC RECORDING VOTING SYSTEMS. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. State-wide voting equipment, §21-2-300. EMAIL. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Email address reporting requirements, §21-5-14.

INDEX EMERGENCIES. Elections. Candidates. Postponement and extension of qualifying period during state of emergency, §21-2-50.1.

FEDERAL HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT. Absentee ballots for overseas and absent military voters, §21-2-219. Oath on absentee ballot, §21-2-384. State duties under, §21-2-50.2.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Assistance to elector, §21-2-409.

FEES. Campaign contribution disclosure reports. Late filing fee, §21-5-34. Elections. Campaign contribution disclosure reports, late filing, §21-5-34. Examination of voting machine, §21-2-324. Political parties or bodies, registration, §21-2-110. Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Voting machine examinations, §21-2-324. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-71. Political parties or bodies. Registration statement, §21-2-110.

ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT. Campaign contributions, §§21-5-30 to Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to EVIDENCE. Elections. Proof of residence, §21-2-217. Results of election or primary. Proof sheets, prima facie evidence, §21-2-493. EXIT POLLS. Elections. Restrictions and prohibitions, §21-2-414. F FALSE SWEARING. Elections. False statements in connection with notice of candidacy or qualification, §21-2-565. FAMILY MEMBERS. Municipal election superintendents. Parent, spouse, child, etc., of candidate not eligible to serve, §21-2-70.1. Poll officers, §21-2-92. FAMILY VIOLENCE. Voter registration. Addresses, confidentiality for those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. FATHERS-IN-LAW. Absentee voting. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

FELONIES. Election offenses. Absentee ballot, acceptance for delivery or return by unauthorized person, §21-2-568. Absentee voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-573. Affidavits or nomination petitions. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Buying or selling votes, §21-2-570. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Counterfeiting ballots, §21-2-575. Defacing or destroying nomination petition, nomination certificate or nomination paper, §21-2-564. Entry into voting compartment or booth while another voting, §21-2-568. Fraudulent entries on documents or records, §21-2-562. Identification to be presented to poll workers. Swearing of statement when unable to produce proper identification. Falsely swearing or affirming statement, §21-2-417.

INDEX FELONIES - Cont’d Election offenses - Cont’d Inducing elector to reveal vote, §21-2-568. Influencing voter while giving lawful assistance, §21-2-568. Intentionally observing elector casting a ballot in order to see votes, §21-2-568.1. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Interfering with elector, §21-2-568. Interfering with poll officers, §21-2-569. Poll officers. Fraud, §21-2-587. Permitting unregistered or unqualified person to vote, §21-2-590. Refusing to permit registered and qualified persons to vote, §21-2-590. Unlawfully rendering assistance, §21-2-590. Printers employed to print official ballots, §21-2-594. Registration of electors, §21-2-561. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents. Superintendents or secretary of state, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Unlawful possession of ballots, §21-2-574. Unqualified electors voting, §21-2-571. Vote recorders or tabulating machines. Tampering, damaging or preventing proper operation, §21-2-582. Voter registration violations, §21-2-561. Voting equipment modification, §21-2-582.1. Voting in more than one precinct in same primary or election, §21-2-572. Voting machines. Keys, unauthorized making or possession, §21-2-581. Tampering with, damaging, improper preparation of, etc., §21-2-580. Voter registration, §21-2-561. Check of databases of persons convicted of felonies, §21-2-216. List of convicted felons provided secretary of state and superior court clerks council, §21-2-231.

FELONIES - Cont’d Voter registration - Cont’d Moral turpitude. Registrars of voters. Qualifications for office, §21-2-215. Registration upon completion of sentence, §21-2-216. FELONS. Elections. Registering, remaining registered or voting, requirements, §21-2-216. Registrars of voters. Qualifications for office, §21-2-215. Lobbyist registration, restrictions, §21-5-71. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. Candidates for public office. Filing by, §21-5-50. Contents, §21-5-50. Definitions. Filing by public officers and candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Election or re-election to general assembly. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Email address reporting requirements, §21-5-14. Filing. Candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Elected officials and members of general assembly, §21-5-50. Electronic filing, §21-5-50. Public officers, §21-5-50. Public inspection, open to, §21-5-51. Public officers. Filing by, §21-5-50. Public records, §21-5-51. State transportation board, §21-5-50. FINES. Campaign contribution disclosure reports. Failure to promptly transmit report, §21-5-34. Election offenses. Absentee voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-573. Campaign contribution disclosure reports. Failure to promptly transmit report, §21-5-34.

INDEX FINES - Cont’d Election offenses - Cont’d Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Sale of uncertified devices, §21-2-379.24. Felonies, §21-2-600. Fraud by poll officers, §21-2-587. Fraudulent entries on documents or records, §21-2-562. Interference with elector, §21-2-568. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Misdemeanors, §21-2-599. Unqualified electors voting, §21-2-571. Voter registration violations, §21-2-561. Voting in more than one precinct in same primary or election, §21-2-572. Lobbyist registration. Noncompliance with provisions, §21-5-72. FISHING. Licenses. License agents. Voter registration incorporated into resident license. Prohibited acts, not considered deputy registrars, §21-2-221.1. Voter registration. Incorporated into resident license, §21-2-221.1. FOOD. Elections. Providing money or gifts, including food and drink, to an elector near or at polling place, §21-2-414. FORMS. Ballots. Nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Official election ballots, §21-2-285. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Elections. Absentee ballots, §§21-2-287, 21-2-383. Oath of absentee elector, §21-2-384. Oath of person assisting absentee elector, §21-2-384.

FORMS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Advertisement for polling place of run-off primaries, §21-2-270. Manager’s oath, §21-2-94. Nonpartisan election ballots, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Oath of office for managers and clerks. Clerk’s oath, §21-2-95. Manager’s oath, §21-2-94. Official election ballot, §21-2-285. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Voter identification cards, §21-2-417.1. Voter’s certificates, §21-2-402. Nonpartisan primaries or elections. Nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-285.1. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Polling place for run-off primary. Advertisement of location, §21-2-270. Primary election ballots. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. Official primary ballots, §21-2-284. Voter identification cards, §21-2-417.1. Voter’s certificates, §21-2-402. FRAUD AND DECEIT. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Contesting election or primary. Grounds for contest, §21-2-522. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Elections. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Fraudulent entries on documents or records, §21-2-562. Grounds for contesting, §21-2-522. Poll officers, §21-2-587. Solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Election records. Open to public inspection, §§21-2-51,

INDEX G GATED COMMUNITIES. Elections. Polling places in restricted access residential communities. Full public access, §21-2-266. Precinct boundaries, §21-2-261.1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, §21-5-72.1. Corporations. Campaign contributions for state-wide office or general assembly. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. Elections. Campaign contributions, §§21-5-30 to Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to members, §21-2-502. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Special election to fill vacancy, §21-2-544. Vacancies in senate and house, §21-2-544. Financial disclosure statements. Filing by members, §21-5-50. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Campaign contributions, §§21-5-30 to General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Government transparency and campaign finance commission. Fees or fines owing to commission. Payment as prerequisite to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. House of representatives. Speaker. State election board. Appointment of elector to fill vacancy, §21-2-30. State ethics commission. Appointment of member, §21-5-4.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Cont’d Lobbying. Registration of lobbyists, §§21-5-70 to Partnerships. Campaign contributions for state-wide office or general assembly. Maximum allowable amount, §21-5-41. Senate. President. State election board. Filling of vacancies, §21-2-30. Special elections. Filling vacancy existing in either house, §21-2-544. State election board. Elector members elected by majority vote of senate and house of representatives, §21-2-30. Taxation. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Vacancies. Elections to fill, §21-2-544. GEORGIA ELECTION CODE. General provisions, §§21-2-1 to Short title, §21-2-1. GEORGIA GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACT. Campaign finance, §§21-5-30 to General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to Short title, §21-5-1. GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY LAW. General provisions, §§21-2-190 to Short title, §21-2-190. GIFTS. Campaign contributions. Restriction on making gifts, loans, or investments with campaign funds, §21-5-33. Elections. Providing money or gifts, including food and drink, to an elector near or at polling place, §21-2-414.

INDEX GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, §§21-5-1 to 21-5-76. Actions. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. Venue, §21-5-8. Attorney general. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Campaign finance, §§21-5-30 to Cease and desist orders. State ethics commission. Duties of commission, §21-5-6. Chapter as continuation of laws, §21-5-10. Complaints. Campaign contributions, §21-5-36. Defects in filing, §21-5-7.1. Initiation, §21-5-7. Limitation of actions, §21-5-13. Connected organizations. Defined, §21-5-3. Political action committee name to include, §21-5-12. Separate segregated fund to include name, §21-5-12. Criminal penalty for violation of chapter, §21-5-9. Declaration of state policy, §21-5-2. Definitions, §21-5-3. Campaign contributions. Contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Contributions to commission of insurance, §21-5-30.1. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-50. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-70. Effect of enactment of chapter, §21-5-10. Email address reporting requirements, §21-5-14. Expenses and per diem. Campaign contributions. Contributions utilized to defray expenses, §21-5-33. Speaking engagements. Certain expenses exempt from definition, §21-5-11. Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. Candidates for public office. Filing by, §21-5-50.

GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY - Cont’d Financial disclosure statements - Cont’d Contents, §21-5-50. Definitions. Filing by public officers and candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Election or re-election to general assembly. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Email address reporting requirements, §21-5-14. Filing. Candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Elected officials and members of general assembly, §21-5-50. Electronic filing, §21-5-50. Public officers, §21-5-50. Public inspection, open to, §21-5-51. Public officers. Filing by, §21-5-50. Public records, §21-5-51. State transportation board, §21-5-50. Georgia government transparency and campaign finance act. Short title, §21-5-1. Government transparency and campaign finance commission. Renamed to be state ethics commission, §21-5-4. Hearings. State ethics commission. Duties of commission, §21-5-6. Honoraria. Acceptance, §21-5-11. Injunctions. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. Investigations. Initiation of complaints, §21-5-7. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. Limitation of actions, §21-5-13. Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to Mailing of notice. Campaign contributions. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34.1. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery, §21-5-15.

INDEX GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY - Cont’d Monetary fees. Acceptance, §21-5-11. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery, §21-5-15. Campaign contributions. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34.1. Orders. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. Penalties. State ethics commission. Duties of commission, §21-5-6. Political action committee. Name of committee to included connected organization, §21-5-12. Recall of public officers. Campaign and financial disclosure requirements, restrictions, etc., §21-4-16. Rules and regulations. State ethics commission. Powers of commission, §21-5-6. Secretary of state. Campaign committees. Filing names of chairperson and treasurer with secretary, §21-5-30. Declaration of intention to accept campaign contributions. Filed with secretary, §21-5-30. Service of process. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Short title. Georgia government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-1. Speaker fees. When prohibited, §21-5-11. State ethics commission. Appointment of members, §21-5-4. Compensation, §21-5-4. Creation, §21-5-4. Duties, §21-5-6. Election or re-election to general assembly. Payment of fines and fees owing to commission as prerequisite to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Expenses and per diem, §21-5-4. Operating expenses, §21-5-5. Ineligibility to serve as member, §21-5-4.

GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY - Cont’d State ethics commission - Cont’d Initiation of complaints, §21-5-7. Majority vote necessary for actions to be taken, §21-5-4. Meetings, §21-5-4. Number of members, §21-5-4. Officers, §21-5-4. Powers, §21-5-6. Quorum, §21-5-4. Residency requirement, §21-5-4. Successor to government transparency and campaign finance commission, §21-5-4. Terms of members, §21-5-4. Vacancies, §21-5-4. State policy. Declaration, §21-5-2. Subpoenas. State ethics commission. Powers of commission, §21-5-6. Superior courts. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Venue. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Civil violations of chapter or action by or on behalf of commission, §21-5-8. Violations of chapter. Criminal penalties, §21-5-9. GOVERNOR. Campaign finance, §§21-5-30 to Congressional vacancies in office. Issuance of proclamation or writ of election, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543. Extraordinary circumstances, §21-2-543.1. Senatorial vacancy. Temporary appointment to fill, §21-2-542. Elections. Campaign finance, §§21-5-30 to Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-499. Congressional vacancies. Issuance of proclamation or writ of election, §§21-2-542, 21-2-543. Extraordinary circumstances, §21-2-543.1.

INDEX GOVERNOR - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. General assembly. Vacancy occurring or existing in either house. Issuance of writ of election, §21-2-544. Recall of public officers. Calling recall elections, §21-4-13. Notice of legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11. GRANDCHILDREN. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. GRAND JURY. County registrars. Appointment procedure, §21-2-212. GRANDPARENTS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board of registrars for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absentee elector, §21-2-381. GUARDRAILS. Polling places, §21-2-267. H HEARINGS. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525. Elections. Challenge by elector of other elector’s right to vote, §21-2-230. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525. Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228.

HEARINGS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. Extraordinary relief for violations of office following performance review investigation, §21-2-33.2. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Duties of commission, §21-5-6. Political parties. County committee requesting hearing before state executive committee, §21-2-112. Voter registration. Elector challenging qualification of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. HEAT. Polling places. Payment of compensation, §21-2-268. Suitable heat provided, §21-2-267. HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT. Absentee ballots for overseas and absent military voters, §21-2-219. Oath on absentee ballot, §21-2-384. State duties under, §21-2-50.2. HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES. Computation of time periods under election code, §21-2-14. HONORARIA. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Acceptance by public officers, §§21-5-11, 21-5-50. HOSPITALS. Absentee voting by person confined in hospital, §21-2-385. Elections. Absentee voting by person confined to a hospital. In-person delivery of ballot, §§21-2-381, 21-2-384. Voting, sealing, and delivering ballot to registrar or absentee ballot clerk, §21-2-385.

INDEX HOUSING PROJECTS. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. HUNTING. Licenses. License agents. Voter registration incorporated into resident license. Prohibited acts, not deputy registrar, §21-2-221.1. Voter registration. Incorporated into resident license, §21-2-221.1. HUSBAND AND WIFE. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board of registrars for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. I IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Elector identifying self to poll worker, §21-2-417. Lobbyist registration, §21-5-71. Voter identification cards, §21-2-417.1. Voter registration. Application for card as application for voter registration, §21-2-221. ILLITERACY. Elections. Absentee voting. Application. Requesting and handling on behalf of disabled or illiterate elector, §21-2-381. Signing by making electors mark, §21-2-381. Assistance to illiterate elector, §21-2-385. Assistance to illiterate voter, §21-2-409. INACTIVE LIST OF ELECTORS, §21-2-235. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES. Designation of poll watcher, §21-2-408.

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES - Cont’d Presidential electors. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-132.1. Qualifying as independent or political party candidates, §21-2-137. Voting machines to permit voting for, §21-2-322. INDIANS. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Identification cards. Tribal identification cards. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Voter registration. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Voter registration. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. INDIGENT PERSONS. Elections. Pauper’s affidavit in lieu of paying qualifying fees, §21-2-132. State or county primaries, §21-2-153. INDUCING ELECTOR TO REVEAL VOTE, §21-2-568. INJUNCTIONS. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6. State election board. Compliance with election laws, restraining fraudulent or illegal conduct, §21-2-32. IN-LAWS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. INSURANCE. Campaign contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1.

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INSURANCE - Cont’d Commissioner of insurance. Campaign contributions by industrial loan licensees or insurers, §21-5-30.1. Election. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502.

JAILS. Elections. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector in custody, §21-2-385. JANITORIAL SERVICES. Polling places. Compensation for, §21-2-268.

INSURANCE COMPANIES. Campaign contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1.

JUDGES. Elections. Counties with civil and magistrate court. Vacancies in office of chief judge, filling, §21-2-546. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §§21-2-138, 21-2-139. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §§21-2-138, 21-2-139.

INTERFERING WITH ELECTOR, §21-2-568. INTERFERING WITH POLL OFFICERS, §21-2-569. INTERNET. Voter registration. Electronic application, §21-2-221.2. Safekeeping of electronic records, §21-2-236.

JURISDICTION. Superior courts. Recall of public officers. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6.

INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION. Election code, §§21-2-15, 21-2-16. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-10. Recall act of 1989. Construction of chapter, §21-4-21. INTERVENTION. State election board. Compliance with election laws, §21-2-32. INTIMIDATION. Electors, §21-2-567. INVESTIGATIONS. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §§21-5-6, State election board. Administration of primary and election laws within county, §21-2-33. INVESTMENTS. Campaign contributions. Restriction on making gifts, loans, or investments with campaign funds, §21-5-33.

JURY AND JURY TRIAL. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-526. County master jury lists. Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. Master jury lists. Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. Selection of jurors. Jury lists. County master jury lists. Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. State-wide master jury list. Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231.

INDEX JURY AND JURY TRIAL - Cont’d Selection of jurors - Cont’d Jury lists - Cont’d Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. State-wide master jury list. Voter information on inactive voters provided for maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. JUVENILE COURTS. Judges. Elections. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. K KEYS. Voting machines, §21-2-329. Designation of person with custody, §21-2-331. Unauthorized making or possession, §21-2-581. L LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Commissioner of labor. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission, §21-2-502. Elections. Absentee voting. Assistance to disabled or illiterate absentee electors. Employers and unions barred from providing assistance, §21-2-385. Assistance to disabled or illiterate voters. Employers and unions barred from providing assistance, §21-2-409. LABOR UNIONS. Elections. Absentee voting. Assistance to disabled or illiterate absentee electors. Employers and unions barred from providing assistance, §21-2-385.

LABOR UNIONS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Assistance to disabled or illiterate voters. Employers and unions barred from providing assistance, §21-2-409. LEGAL ORGANS. Recall elections, §21-4-13. LIBRARIES. Voter registration. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. LICENSE AGENTS. Fishing, hunting and trapping licenses. Voter registration incorporated into resident license. Prohibited acts, not deputy registrar, §21-2-221.1. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. LIGHTS. Polling places. Payment for, §21-2-268. Suitable light provided, §21-2-267. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-13. Recall of public officers. Limitation on period during which petitions accepted, §21-4-11. LOANS. Campaign contributions. Industrial loan licensees. Campaign contributions to commissioner of insurance, §21-5-30.1. Restriction on making gifts, loans, or investments with campaign funds, §21-5-33. LOBBYING. Contingent fees for lobbying. Prohibited, §21-5-76. General assembly contacts by lobbyists. Restrictions on contacts, §21-5-72.1.

INDEX LOBBYING - Cont’d Registration of lobbyist, §§21-5-70 to Application for registration, §21-5-71. Civil violations, §21-5-72. Contingent fees for lobbying. Prohibited, §21-5-76. Definitions, §21-5-70. Denial, §21-5-72. Disclosure reports, §21-5-73. Exempt persons, §21-5-71. Expenditures by lobbyists. Prohibition on making and on acceptance by public officer, §21-5-72.1. Expiration, §21-5-71. Fee, §21-5-71. General assembly members. Contacts with members. Restrictions, §21-5-72.1. Identification cards, §21-5-71. Post-employment restrictions on lobbyists, §21-5-74. Post-employment restrictions on public officers, §21-5-75. Public rosters, §21-5-71. Reinstatement, §21-5-72. Reporting requirements, §21-5-73. Required, §21-5-71. Sexual harassment. Statement regarding policy to be contained in registration application, §21-5-71. Supplemental registration, §21-5-71. Suspension or revocation, §21-5-72. Unauthorized persons on floor while general assembly in session, §21-5-76. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Board of registrars. Registration of voters generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. Elections. Generally, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604. Voter registration, §§21-2-210 to Registration of voters. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Special elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Cont’d Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. M MAIL. Absentee ballots, §21-2-384. Postage required for mailing, §21-2-389. Certified mail. Campaign finance. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34.1. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery, §21-5-15. Contested election or primary. Service of copy on state election board, §21-2-524. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Notices to be given by certified mail or overnight delivery, §21-5-15. Voter registration. Application forms, §21-2-223. Designated voter registration agencies. Distribution of forms, §21-2-222. Identification of registrant, §21-2-220. When application deemed made, §21-2-224. MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION. Application forms, §21-2-223. Designation as voter registration agencies. Distribution of registration applications, §21-2-222. Identification of registrant, §21-2-220. When applications deemed made, §21-2-224. MALFEASANCE. Disqualification for nomination or election to public office or to act as officer at election, §21-2-8. MANDAMUS. Elections. Granting of nomination petitions, compelling, §21-2-171. State election board. Compliance with election laws, §21-2-32.

INDEX MANDAMUS - Cont’d Recall of public officers. Compelling election superintendent to comply with chapter, §21-4-18. State election board. Compliance with election laws, §21-2-32. MENACE. Recall of public officers. Compelling person to sign petition, §21-4-20. MENTAL HEALTH. Elections. Mentally incompetent. Registering, remaining registered or voting in elections. Disability removed, §21-2-216. MERCHANT MARINE. Voter registration. Legal residents of state who are members of merchant marine, §21-2-219. MILITARY AFFAIRS. Elections. Absentee voting, §§21-2-380 to Candidates. Military duty, vacancies and effect on reelection, §§21-2-132, Recruitment offices. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Voter registration. Legal residents of state who are members of armed forces, §21-2-219. Members of armed forces not deemed to have acquired residence by being stationed in state, §21-2-217. Recruitment offices. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS. Absentee voting, §§21-2-380 to MISDEMEANORS. Election offenses. Absentee voting. Handling of completed ballot application, unauthorized persons, §21-2-381.

MISDEMEANORS - Cont’d Election offenses - Cont’d Campaign activities and public opinion polling within vicinity of polling place, §21-2-414. Casting unofficial ballots, §21-2-579. Commercial use of list of electors, §21-2-601. Compensation for soliciting persons to register, §21-2-602. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, §21-2-603. Criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Destroying, defacing or delaying delivery of ballots, §21-2-576. False statements under oath or affirmation, §21-2-560. Fraudulently allowing ballot to be seen, §21-2-579. Improper removal of ballots from book of official ballots, §21-2-577. Interference with performance of election duties, §21-2-597. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Neglect or refusal to deliver documents, §21-2-562. Neglect or refusal to perform duties. Public officers or officers of political parties, §21-2-596. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Polling places. Neglect or refusal of law enforcement officer to quell disturbances, maintain order or removal of obstacles, §21-2-593. Poll officers. Acting without being sworn, §21-2-584. Failure to keep record of assisted voters, §21-2-592. Giving of false certification as to swearing, §21-2-584. Hindrance or delay by law enforcement officer, §21-2-593. Permitting unlawful assistance to voters, §21-2-591. Premature counting of votes, §21-2-588. Refusal or failure of manager to administer oath, §21-2-584. Willful omission, §21-2-589. Receiving unauthorized assistance in voting, §21-2-579.

INDEX MISDEMEANORS - Cont’d Election offenses - Cont’d Refusal to permit public inspection of documents. Superintendents or secretary of state, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Removal or destruction of supplies or conveniences, §21-2-583. Solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. Unfolding, opening or prying into ballots before being deposited into ballot box, §21-2-578. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Violations of chapter, §21-5-9. Recall of public officers. Compelling person to sign petition, §21-4-20. Giving or receiving money to sign petition or affidavit, §21-4-20. Voter registration. Compensation for soliciting persons to register, §21-2-602.

MOTHERS-IN-LAW. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. MOTOR CARRIERS. Campaign contributions. Exception from prohibitional contributions, §21-5-30. MOTOR VOTER LAW. Driver’s license or identification card serving as application for voter registration, §21-2-221.

MOBILE TELEPHONES. Elections. Polling places. Cellular phone use prohibited, §21-2-413. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. MONEY. Elections. Providing money or gifts, including food and drink, to an elector near or at polling place, §21-2-414. MORAL TURPITUDE. Conviction of offense involving moral turpitude. Elections. Disqualification for nomination, election or acting as officer, §21-2-8. Registering to vote or voting in elections, §21-2-216. Registrars of voters. Qualifications for office, §21-2-215. Registration of voters. List of convicted felons provided secretary of state and superior court clerks council, §21-2-231.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Elected municipal officials. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. Elections. Absentee voting generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Board of registrars generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Contested elections generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Election code generally, §§21-2-1 to Offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to Poll officers generally, §§21-2-90 to Precincts generally, §§21-2-260 to Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Registration of voters generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Special elections generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Superintendents generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Registration of voters. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Advance voting, daily reporting requirements. Municipal absentee ballot clerks, §21-2-385. Appropriations to superintendents of funds necessary to conduct primaries and elections, §21-2-71.

INDEX MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - Cont’d Authorizing county to conduct elections, §21-2-45. Ballots. Generally, §§21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Board of registrars. Registration of voters generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office, §21-2-6. Concurrent or staggered terms of office, §21-2-541.2. Contested elections. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Swearing into office. Person elected not withstanding contest, §21-2-503. Death, withdrawal or other reason creating vacancy in office. Special election, §21-2-504. Delivery of used and void ballots, §21-2-500. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. Expenses of primaries, §21-2-156. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Generally, §§21-2-1 to 21-2-604. Georgia municipal election code. References deemed to refer to Georgia election code, §21-2-1. Joint county-municipal board of elections and registration. General assembly may create by local act, §21-2-45. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Municipal election code. References deemed to refer to Georgia election code, §21-2-1. No election held. Unopposed candidate in precinct, §21-2-285. Nomination of candidate by nomination petition. Required to be authorized by charter or ordinance, §21-2-170. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. No opposition to candidate in precinct. No election to be held unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-285. Notice. Candidacy, §21-2-132.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - Cont’d Notice - Cont’d Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. November elections, §21-2-9. Offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to Official nonpartisan primary ballot, §21-2-284.1. Optical scanning voting system. Generally, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486. Plurality of votes cast to fill nomination or elective office. Municipal charter or ordinance providing, §21-2-501. Political parties or bodies. Registration and organization generally, §§21-2-110 to 21-2-113. Poll officers. Election held in conjunction with regular county, state or federal election. Officers assigned by county election superintendent to serve as poll officers to conduct election, §21-2-92. Generally, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. Precincts. Generally, §§21-2-260 to 21-2-270. Governing authority of municipality to determine and establish number and boundaries, §21-2-260. Preservation of used and void ballots, §21-2-500. Primaries, §21-2-139. Date for holding, §21-2-150. Delivery of electors lists. Parties not agreeing to one set of managers for precinct, §21-2-401. Designation of person to be in charge of electors lists. Separate precinct managers, §21-2-405. Expenses, §21-2-156. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Generally, §§21-2-150 to 21-2-158. Nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Notice and time for holding nonpartisan primary, §21-2-157. Poll officers. Nomination by political party or appointment by superintendent, §21-2-152. Qualification of candidates, §21-2-153.1.

INDEX MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - Cont’d Primaries - Cont’d Run-off primaries, §21-2-152. Voting machine ballot labels and other materials necessary for preparation. Furnished free of charge by political party, §21-2-327. Write-in ballots. Voting machines, prohibition, §21-2-452. Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Questions submitted to vote of municipal electors. Placement on ballot, §21-2-285. Voting machine ballot labels. Determination of brief form of questions, §21-2-325. Registration of voters. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Run-off primary or election, §21-2-501. Special elections. Death, withdrawal or other reason creating vacancy, §21-2-504. Generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Superintendents. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Funding, sources of, §21-2-71. Generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Powers, selection, §21-2-70.1. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, Swearing into office. Person elected not withstanding contest, §21-2-503. Terms of municipal officers elected, §§21-2-541.1, 21-2-541.2. Time for electing municipal officers, §21-2-9. Time for holding nonpartisan primaries, §21-2-157. Unopposed candidate in precinct. No election to be held unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-285.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS - Cont’d Vacancy created by death, withdrawal or other reason. Special election, §21-2-504. Voter registration. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Voting machines. Generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334, 21-2-450 to 21-2-457. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. MUNICIPAL ELECTION SUPERINTENDENTS. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. Funding sources, §21-2-71. Generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. Powers, selection, §21-2-70.1. Superintendents. State election board. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent, §§21-2-33.1, N NAMES. Elections. Ballots. Similar name of candidates, §21-2-379.5. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT. Secretary of state designated as chief state election official, §21-2-210. NATURAL RESOURCES. Department of natural resources. Voter registration. Incorporated into resident fishing, hunting and trapping licenses. Design of form, recordkeeping, §21-2-221.1. NEPHEWS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385.

INDEX NEPHEWS - Cont’d Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. NEPOTISM. Municipal election superintendents. Parent, spouse, child, etc., of candidate not eligible to serve, §21-2-70.1. Poll officers, §21-2-92. NIECES. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. NOMINATION PETITIONS. Defacing or destroying, §21-2-564. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES. Ballots. Nonpartisan municipal primary ballots, §21-2-284.1. County offices, school boards and school superintendents. General assembly providing for by local act, §21-2-139. Judicial officers, §21-2-138. Multiple officeholders with same title. Designation of specific office sought, §21-2-135. Municipality calling nonpartisan primary, §21-2-157. Nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-285.1. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Qualification of candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Voting machines. Official nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-325. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of candidate after nonpartisan primary but before nonpartisan election, §21-2-134.

NO OPPOSITION TO CANDIDATES. Municipal elections or primaries. No election in precinct, §§21-2-285, 21-2-291, 21-2-325. Special primaries, no primary held, §21-2-545. NOTICE. Absentee voters ineligibility, §21-2-381. Bond issues. Special election on incurring bonded debt, §21-2-45.1. Campaign contributions. Complaints against candidates, §21-5-36. Nonconformance of reports, §21-5-36. Campaign finance. Complaints against candidates, §21-5-36. Nonconformance of reports, §21-5-36. Contested elections or primaries. Service generally, §21-2-524. Elections. Absentee ballot scanning or processing, §21-2-386. Absentee voters ineligibility, §21-2-381. Bonded debt, special election on incurring, §21-2-45.1. Candidacy. Filing, §21-2-132. Time for filing by candidates nominated for state-wide office in convention, §21-2-187. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Computation and canvassing of returns, §21-2-492. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-524. Denial of nomination petition, §21-2-171. Determining qualification or disqualification of electors, §21-2-228. Disqualification of candidate, §§21-2-5, Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Testing prior to election or primary, public notice of testing, §21-2-379.25. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228.

INDEX NOTICE - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Filing notice of candidacy, §21-2-132. General or special municipal elections. No election to be held in precinct in general or special municipal election. Candidate unopposed, §21-2-285. Location of polling place for run-off primary, §21-2-270. No election in precinct. Unopposed candidate, §21-2-291. Nonpartisan primary called by municipality, §21-2-157. No opposition to candidate in general or special municipal election. No election to be held in precinct, §21-2-285. Polling place changes, §21-2-265. Precinct changes, §21-2-261.1. Petition for division or alteration, §21-2-262. Preparation of voting machines. Mailing to appropriate persons or organizations, §21-2-327. Presidential electors. Filling vacancy, §21-2-12. Recount, §21-2-495. Rejection of absentee ballot, §21-2-386. Special elections and primaries. Publication of call, §21-2-540. State election board. Consent orders or agreements, notice to general assembly, §21-2-36. Unopposed candidates. No election in precinct unless write-in candidate qualifies, §21-2-291. Withdrawal of candidates, §21-2-134. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Electoral college. Filling presidential elector vacancies, §21-2-12. Political parties. Opportunity of county committee for hearing, §21-2-112. Polling place for run-off primary. Location, §21-2-270. Presidential electors. Filling vacancy, §21-2-12. Recall of public officers, §21-4-5. Administrative judges notified of institution of proceedings, §21-4-6. Legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11.

NOTICE - Cont’d Recall of public officers - Cont’d Publication of call for recall election, §21-4-13. Special elections and primaries. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Voter registration. Change of address. List of electors reflecting new address, §21-2-233. Disposition of application, §21-2-226. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Failure of elector to vote. No contact in three years, §21-2-234. Hearing on challenge of qualifications of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Inactive electors list. Removal from list, §21-2-235. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors. Address change comparisons, §21-2-233. Request by elector, §21-2-232. NOTICE OF APPEAL. Election contests, §21-2-528. NOTICE OF CANDIDACY, §21-2-132. NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. Officers elected, §21-2-9. Presidential electors, §21-2-10. O OATHS. Absentee electors, §21-2-384. Elections. Absentee electors and persons assisting, §21-2-384. Assistance to elector and person assisting, §21-2-409. Computation and canvassing of returns. Individuals assisting, §21-2-492. Poll officers. Acting without being sworn, §21-2-584. Administration of oaths by managers, §21-2-96. Giving of false certification as to swearing, §21-2-584. Manager’s and clerk’s oath of office, §21-2-93. Form of clerk’s oath, §21-2-95.

INDEX OATHS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Poll officers - Cont’d Manager’s and clerk’s oath of office - Cont’d Form of manager’s oath, §21-2-94. Refusal or failure of manager to administer to officer, §21-2-584. Superintendents, §21-2-70. Swearing in of person after certification of results. Contested elections and primaries, effect, §21-2-503. Registrars, §21-2-214. OBITUARIES. Voter registration. County registrars obtaining information as to deceased persons from obituaries, §21-2-231. OPTICAL SCANNING VOTING SYSTEM, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486.

P PAC’S. Acceptance of contributions, §21-5-30.2. Connected organization included in political action committee name, §21-5-12. Contributions by regulated entities to elected executive officers or candidates, §21-5-30.1. Defined, §§21-5-3, 21-5-30.1, 21-5-30.2. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34. Contributions by regulated entities, §21-5-30.1. Electronic filing, §21-5-34.1. Maximum allowable contribution by political committee, §21-5-43.

PARENT AND CHILD. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board of registrars for elector, §21-2-385.

PARTNERSHIPS. Campaign contributions for state-wide office or general assembly. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-41. PASSPORTS. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Elector identifying self to poll worker, §21-2-417. Voter registration. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. PAUPERS’ AFFIDAVITS. Elections. Filing of affidavit in lieu of payment of qualifying fee, §§21-2-132,

ORDERS. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers and duties of commission, §21-5-6.

PAPER BALLOTS. Generally, §§21-2-430 to 21-2-440.

PARENT AND CHILD - Cont’d Absentee ballots - Cont’d Mother or father making application for elector, §21-2-381.

PENALTIES. Direct electronic recording voting system. Vendor. Sale of system not certified, §21-2-379.2. Election code violations. Assessment of civil penalty, §21-2-33.1. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Duties of commission, §21-5-6. Optical scanning voting system. Vendor. Sale of system not certified, §21-2-368. Vote recorders and tabulating machines. Vendors. Sale of machine not certified, §21-2-324. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Absentee electors. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385. Request for absentee ballot, §21-2-381.

INDEX PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - Cont’d Assistance to electors. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Physical disabilities, electors with, §21-2-409. Elections. Absentee elector. Assistance in preparing ballot, §21-2-385. Preferential treatment for older and disabled voters, §21-2-385.1. Assistance to elector, §21-2-409. Absentee electors, §21-2-385. Direct recording electronic unit provided, §21-2-379.7. Polling place to have facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter registration agencies, designation, §21-2-222. Voter’s certificate. Preparation for physically disabled person, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Voting machines used, paper ballots available, §21-2-452. Voting without waiting in line, §21-2-409.1. Polling places. Facilities for disabled voters, §21-2-265. Voter registration. Application. Aid to disabled or illiterate, §21-2-220. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Voting. Assistance to elector with physical disability, §21-2-409. Without having to wait in line, §21-2-409.1. Voting machines used by precincts during elections or primaries. Paper ballots made available, §21-2-452. PETITIONS. Contested election or primary, §21-2-524. Elections. Contested election or primary, §21-2-524.

PETITIONS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Conventions to nominate candidates for state-wide public office. Qualification of political body to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. Nomination petitions, §21-2-132. Improper signing or alteration, §21-2-563. Office other than municipal office, §§21-2-170, 21-2-171. Polling place changes, §21-2-265. Precinct boundary changes, §21-2-262. Qualifying petitions, §21-2-132. Candidate in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Conventions to nominate candidate for state-wide office. Qualification of political body to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. Recounts, §21-2-495. Superintendents. Suspension of county or municipal superintendents and appointment of temporary superintendent. Extraordinary relief for violations of office following performance review investigation, §21-2-33.2. Recall of public officers, §§21-4-4 to Amendment, supplementation or return, §21-4-11. Applications, §21-4-5. Circulating, §21-4-8. Persons who may not circulate, §21-4-10. Form, §21-4-7. Legal sufficiency determination, §21-4-11. Limitation on period of accepting, §21-4-11. Number of electors necessary, §21-4-4. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Signatures, §21-4-8. Compelling person to sign, §21-4-20. Determination of eligibility to sign, §21-4-19. Giving or receiving money to sign, §21-4-20. Unqualified persons, §21-4-10.

INDEX PETITIONS - Cont’d Recall of public officers - Cont’d Signatures - Cont’d Withdrawal, §§21-4-5, 21-4-9. Subsequent petitions. Filing against officer following recall election or denial of petition, §21-4-14. Voter registration. Return of inactive elector to official list of electors, §21-2-235. PHOTOGRAPHS. Election polling places. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Use of photographic or electronic devices, §21-2-413. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. Acceptance of contributions, §21-5-30.2. Connected organization name included in the committee name, §21-5-12. Contribution by regulated entities to elected executive officers or candidates, §21-5-30.1. Defined, §§21-5-3, 21-5-30.1, 21-5-30.2. Disclosure reports, §21-5-34. Contributions by regulated entities, §21-5-30.1. Electronic filing, §21-5-34.1. Maximum allowable contribution, §21-5-43. POLITICAL PARTIES. Chief executive committee, §21-2-113. Conventions for purposes of nominating candidates, §21-2-172. State-wide office, qualifications of political body, §§21-2-180 to County board of elections. Ineligibility of person holding office in party to serve, §21-2-75. Selection of elector to serve on board, §21-2-74. Elections generally, §§21-2-1 to Hearings requested by county committee, §21-2-112. Municipal executive committee established. Adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations, §21-2-113.

POLITICAL PARTIES - Cont’d Notice of opportunity for hearing. Issuance to county committee, §21-2-112. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Primaries generally, §§21-2-150 to Registration statement, §21-2-110. State election board. Nomination of member to serve, §21-2-30. State executive committee, §21-2-111. POLLING PLACES. Carrying a concealed weapon in unauthorized location. Peace officers and certified security guards, exemption, §21-2-413. General provisions, §§21-2-90 to POLL OFFICERS. Criminal offenses generally, §§21-2-587 to 21-2-592. Generally, §§21-2-90 to 21-2-101. POLL WATCHERS, §21-2-408. PORTABLE POLLING FACILITIES. Precincts in which voting machines used, §21-2-332. POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR MAILING ABSENTEE BALLOTS. Payment, §21-2-389. PRECINCTS, §§21-2-260 to 21-2-270. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, §§21-2-10 to 21-2-13. Certification by governor, §21-2-499. Compensation, §21-2-13. Date of electing, §21-2-10. Duties, §21-2-11. Expenses of electoral college, §21-2-13. Independent candidates. Certification of presidential electors, §21-2-132.1. Performance of duties, §21-2-11. Vacancies, §21-2-12. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Absentee voting. Separate and distinct application required, §21-2-381. Applicability of general primary provisions, §21-2-200.

INDEX PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY - Cont’d Ballots. Setting up form of ballot, §21-2-200. Date, §21-2-191. Delegates to presidential nominating convention. Alternates. Oath of qualification, §21-2-196. Procedures for selecting, §21-2-195. Decision to elect delegates by primary, §21-2-191. Oath of qualification, §21-2-196. Procedures for selecting, §21-2-195. Qualifying periods for candidates for, §21-2-191. Unpledged delegates. Withdrawal of candidate, §21-2-197. Withdrawal of presidential candidate. Delegate unpledged, §21-2-197. Designation of political parties and bodies which may hold primaries, §21-2-191. Fees. Assessment of qualifying fee, §21-2-198. Georgia presidential preference primary law. Short title, §21-2-190. Governor’s proclamation, §21-2-192. List of candidates. Publication, §21-2-193. Submission to secretary of state, §21-2-193. Oath of qualifying delegates, §21-2-196. Political party committee members or officers. Election at primary, §21-2-199. Qualifying fees. Assessed, §21-2-198. Secretary of state to transmit proclamation to superintendent, §21-2-192. Short title. Georgia presidential preference primary law, §21-2-190. Withdrawal of candidates. Effect, §21-2-197. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY LAW. General provisions, §§21-2-190 to

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY LAW - Cont’d Short title. Georgia presidential preference primary law, §21-2-190. PRESUMPTIONS. Election contests. Legality of vote, §21-2-522.1. Voter’s residence for voting purposes, §21-2-217. Voter’s residence for voting purposes, §21-2-217. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Contested elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-520 to 21-2-529. Election offenses generally, §§21-2-560 to 21-2-604. Generally, §§21-2-150 to 21-2-158. Presidential preference primary, §§21-2-190 to 21-2-200. Special elections and primaries, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. Voting machines generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334. PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS. Deputy registrar, §21-2-215. PRISON TERMS. Election offenses. Absentee voting by unqualified elector, §21-2-573. Felonies, §21-2-600. Fraud by poll officers, §21-2-587. Fraudulent entries on documents or records, §21-2-562. Interference with elector, §21-2-568. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. Unqualified electors voting, §21-2-571. Voter registration violations, §21-2-561. Voting in more than one precinct in same primary or election, §21-2-572. PRIVILEGES AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS. Arrest. Registrars, deputy registrars, election superintendents and poll officers, §21-2-214.

INDEX PROBATE COURTS. Judges. Election. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at anyone election, §21-2-136. Election superintendents. Acting superintendent during vacancy in office of judge of probate court, §21-2-74.1. County board of elections created in county without board to assume superintendent’s duties. Member, chairperson, §21-2-74. Local election officials, performance review, §§21-2-105 to 21-2-108. List of persons declared mentally incompetent furnishing secretary of state, §21-2-231. PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Voter registration. Addresses, confidentiality for those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Voter registration. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. PUBLICATION. Elections. Bonded debt, notice of special election in incurring, §21-2-45.1. Call of special elections and primaries, §21-2-540. Computation and canvassing of returns, §21-2-492. Location of polling place for run-off primary, §21-2-270. Qualifying fees, §21-2-131. Sample ballots or ballot labels, §21-2-400. Write-in candidates. Notice of intention of candidacy, §21-2-133. Recall of public officers. Call of recall election, §21-4-13. Special elections and primaries. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Voter registration. Additional registration places and hours of operation, §21-2-215. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Polling places, §21-2-266.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Cont’d Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Campaign contributions. General provisions, §§21-5-30 to Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. Contents, §21-5-50. Definitions. Filing by public officers and candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Election or re-election to general assembly. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. Email address reporting requirements, §21-5-14. Filing. Candidates for public office, §21-5-50. Elected officials and members of general assembly, §21-5-50. Electronic filing, §21-5-50. Public officers, §21-5-50. Public inspection, open to, §21-5-51. Public records, §21-5-51. State transportation board, §21-5-50. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Campaign contributions, §§21-5-30 to Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to Lobbyist registration. Generally, §§21-5-70 to 21-5-76. Post-employment restrictions on public officers, §21-5-75. Recall of public officers. General provisions, §§21-4-1 to PUBLIC RECORDS. Election records, §§21-2-51, 21-2-72. Ballot forms. Open for public inspection prior to election, §21-2-292.

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PUBLIC RECORDS - Cont’d Election records - Cont’d Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Security of voting system. Information not open to public inspection, §21-2-379.24. Financial disclosure statements, §21-5-51. PUBLIC SAFETY. Department of public safety. Voter registration. Driver’s license or identification card as application for voter registration. Duties of department, §21-2-221. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Polling places. Schoolhouse as polling place, §21-2-266. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. Elections. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to commissioner, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at anyone election, §21-2-136. PUBLIC UTILITIES. Campaign contributions. Electric membership corporations, §21-5-30. Utility corporations regulated by public service commission, §21-5-30. Q QUALIFYING PETITION, §21-2-132. Candidates in state primaries, §21-2-153. Conventions to nominate candidates for state-wide public office. Qualification of political body to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187.

REAPPORTIONMENT. Congressional districts. Continuation in office of member of constitutional or statutory board after redistricting. Member appointed on basis of residency within congressional district, §21-1-3. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. RECALL ACT OF 1989. General provisions, §§21-4-1 to Short title, §21-4-1. RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, §§21-4-1 to 21-4-21. Actions against election superintendents, §21-4-18. Administrative judges. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Affidavits. Circulator and petition chairperson, §21-4-5. Circulators, §21-4-8. Giving or receiving money, etc., to sign, §21-4-20. Withdrawal of signature from petition, §§21-4-5, 21-4-9. Campaign and financial disclosure requirements, restrictions, etc., §21-4-16. Campaign contributions generally, §§21-5-30 to 21-5-36. Change in signatures and residence address, §21-4-8. Circulating petitions. Persons who may not circulate, §21-4-10. Procedure, §21-4-8. Construction of chapter, §21-4-21. Definitions, §21-4-3. Elections. Ballots in recall elections. Form, §21-4-13.

INDEX RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Calling recall election, §21-4-13. Campaign and financial disclosure requirements, restrictions, etc., §21-4-16. Conducting recall elections, §21-4-15. Manner of conducting election, §21-4-15. No election when officer resigns prior to recall election, §21-4-12. Petitions. Filing subsequent petition against officer following recall election, §21-4-14. Special election to fill vacancy created by recall, §21-4-13. Time for holding recall election, §21-4-13. Vote required to effectuate recall, §21-4-13. Election superintendent. Actions against superintendent to compel compliance, §21-4-18. Calling recall elections, §21-4-13. Determination of legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11. Duties concerning petitions, §21-4-5. Notice to petition chairman and officeholder of legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11. Eligibility of electors to sign, §21-4-8. Forms. Affidavit of circulator, §21-4-8. Affidavit of circulator and petition chairperson, §21-4-5. Affidavit of signature withdrawal, §21-4-9. Ballots in recall elections, §21-4-13. Petition, §21-4-7. Governor. Calling recall elections, §21-4-13. Notice of legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11. Grounds for recall, §21-4-4. Review, §21-4-6. Intent of general assembly, §21-4-2. Jurisdiction. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Legal sufficiency of petitions. Determination, §21-4-11.

RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS - Cont’d Legislative intent, §21-4-2. Limitation of actions. Limitation on period during which petitions accepted, §21-4-11. Mandamus. Compelling election superintendent to comply with chapter, §21-4-18. No election when officeholder resigns prior to recall election, §21-4-12. Notice of legal sufficiency of petition, §21-4-11. Notice to administrative law judge of institution of proceedings, §21-4-6. Notice to public official named for recall, §21-4-5. Number of electors needed to demand recall, §21-4-4. Number of public officers subject of particular recall. Limitation, §21-4-4. Obtaining and verifying signature, §21-4-8. Officers subject to recall, §21-4-4. Official sponsors. Number required, §21-4-5. Petitions, §§21-4-4 to 21-4-20. Amendment, supplementation or return, §21-4-11. Applications, §21-4-5. Circulating, §21-4-8. Persons who may not circulate, §21-4-10. Form, §21-4-7. Legal sufficiency determination, §21-4-11. Limitation on period of accepting, §21-4-11. Number of electors necessary, §21-4-4. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Signatures, §21-4-8. Compelling person to sign, §21-4-20. Determination of eligibility to sign, §21-4-19. Giving or receiving money to sign, §21-4-20. Unqualified persons, §21-4-10. Withdrawal, §§21-4-5, 21-4-9. Subsequent petitions. Filing against officer following recall election or denial of petition, §21-4-14.

INDEX RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS - Cont’d Publication. Call of recall election, §21-4-13. Recall act of 1989. Short title, §21-4-1. Resignation of officeholder. No election when resignation prior to holding of recall election, §21-4-12. Review of ground for recall petition, §21-4-6. Rules and regulations, §21-4-17. Secretary of state. Calling recall elections, §21-4-13. Printing and distribution of petition application forms, §21-4-5. Printing and distribution of recall petition forms, §21-4-5. Promulgation of rules and regulations, §21-4-17. Short title. Recall act of 1989, §21-4-1. Signatures. Petitions, §21-4-8. Compelling person to sign, §21-4-20. Determination of eligibility to sign, §21-4-19. Giving or receiving money to sign, §21-4-20. Unqualified persons, §21-4-10. Withdrawal from petition, §§21-4-5, Special elections. Filling vacancies created by recall, §21-4-13. Sponsors. Number of official sponsors required, §21-4-5. Superior courts. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18. Clerk. Calling of recall elections, §21-4-13. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Supreme court. Review of grounds for recall petition. Discretionary appeal on ruling of insufficiency by superior court judge, §21-4-6. Time. Filing petitions, §21-4-5. Holding of recall elections, §21-4-13. Venue. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18.

RECORDS. Campaign contributions. Account records, §21-5-32. Candidates and campaign committees required to maintain, §21-5-30. Campaign finance. Account records, §21-5-32. Candidates and campaign committees required to maintain, §21-5-30. Elections. Ballot forms. Open for public inspection prior to election, §21-2-292. Campaign contributions. Account records, §21-5-32. Required records, §21-5-30. Canceled ballots, §21-2-294. Criminal offenses, §21-2-562. Number of ballots furnished, §21-2-294. Open to public inspection, §§21-2-51, Preservation, §21-2-73. Public inspection of documents. Refusal by superintendents or secretary of state to permit, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents. Superintendents or secretary of state, §§21-2-585, 21-2-586. Secretary of state. Refusal to permit public inspection, §21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-586. Stubs of ballots, §21-2-294. Superintendents. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-585. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-585. Unused ballots, §21-2-294. Financial disclosure statements by public officers, candidates for office, elected officials and general assembly members. Public records, §21-5-51. RECOUNTS. Elections. Discrepancies in vote counts, §21-2-493. Procedure, losing candidates right, §21-2-495.

INDEX RECREATION CENTERS. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. RECRUITMENT OFFICES. Military recruitment offices. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. REDISTRICTING. Congressional districts. State divided into 14 districts by general law, §21-1-2. REFERENDUM. Voting machines. Use by municipality conducting election, §21-2-321. REGISTRARS. Generally, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. REGISTRATION. Elections. Voters generally, §§21-2-210 to Lobbyists, §§21-5-70 to 21-5-76. Political parties or bodies, §21-2-110. Voters, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. REJECTION OF ABSENTEE BALLOT, §21-2-386. RENT. Polling places. Payment for, §21-2-268. REPEAT VOTING. Voting in more than one precinct in same primary or election, §21-2-572. REPORTS. Campaign contributions. Candidates and campaign committees required to file, §21-5-30. Disclosure reports, §§21-5-34, 21-5-36. Contributions by regulated entities, §21-5-30.1. Electronic filing, §21-5-34.1. Disposition, §21-5-36. Notice of nonconformance, §21-5-36. Elections. Absentee voting. Returns, reporting of results, §21-2-386. Lobbyist registration. Disclosure reports, §21-5-73.

RESIDENCE. Constitutional or statutory board members. Continuation in office after congressional redistricting. Member appointed on basis of residency within congressional district, §21-1-3. Voting and registration of voters. Determining residence, §21-2-217. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Qualifications generally, §21-2-216. RESTRAINING ORDERS. Voter registration. Addresses, confidentiality for those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. RESTRICTED ACCESS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. Elections. Polling places in restricted access residential communities. Full public access, §21-2-266. Precinct boundaries, §21-2-261.1. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Elections. State election board. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. Emergency rules. State election board. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers of commission, §21-5-6. Recall of public officers, §21-4-17. State election board. Emergency rulemaking. Imminent peril standard for adoption of emergency rules or regulations, §21-2-35. RUN-OFF ELECTIONS. Ballots. Nonpartisan election ballot, §21-2-285.1. No candidate receiving majority of votes cast, §21-2-501.

INDEX RUN-OFF ELECTIONS - Cont’d Polling places for run-off primary, §21-2-270. Withdrawal of candidate, §21-2-134. Write-in candidates, ineligibility, §21-2-133. S SATURDAYS. Elections. Computation of time periods under chapter, §21-2-14. SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. Local boards of education. Elections. Financial disclosures, §21-5-50. Nonpartisan elections, §21-2-139. State school superintendent. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Restriction on number of offices held by candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Superintendents of school systems. Elections. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-139. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Voter registration. Deputy registrars. School principals, college or university presidents, etc., §21-2-215. Designation of public school as voter registration agency, §21-2-222. Educational facilities as temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. SECRETARY OF STATE. Campaign contributions. Campaign committees. Filing names of chairperson and treasurer with secretary, §21-5-30. Declaration of intention to accept. Filed with secretary, §21-5-30. Elections. Certification of political party candidate for primary, §21-2-154.

SECRETARY OF STATE - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Computation and canvassing of vote for state and federal officers, §21-2-499. Conventions to nominate candidates for state-wide public office. Petitions to qualify political bodies to nominate by convention, §§21-2-180 to 21-2-187. Conventions to nominate presidential electors and candidates. Examination of political parties rules or regulations, §21-2-172. Date of election, §21-2-9. Direct electronic recording voting system. Examination of system, approval, §21-2-379.2. Electronic balloting. Electronic ballot markers. Display of ballot, §21-2-379.23. Examination of devices, §21-2-379.24. Electronic transmission of absentee ballots, pilot program, §21-2-387. Examination of optical scanning voting system, §21-2-368. Examination of voting machine, §21-2-324. Federal Help America Vote act. State duties under, §21-2-50.2. Fiduciary capacity. Prohibited from serving in for candidate’s campaign, §21-2-50. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. National voter registration act. Chief state election official to coordinate state responsibilities, §21-2-210. Designation as chief election official, §21-2-210. Nomination petition presented in office of secretary. Examination upon presentation, §21-2-171. Powers and duties, §21-2-50. Qualifying fees, fixing and publishing, §21-2-131. Refusal to permit public inspection of documents, §21-2-586. Removal, destruction or alteration of documents, §21-2-586. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136.

INDEX SECRETARY OF STATE - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Write-in candidates. Certification, §21-2-133. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Campaign committees. Filing names of chairperson and treasurer with secretary, §21-5-30. Declaration of intention to accept campaign contributions. Filed with secretary, §21-5-30. National voter registration act. Chief state election official to coordinate state responsibilities, §21-2-210. Designation as chief state election official, §21-2-210. Political parties or bodies. Filing registration statement with secretary, §21-2-110. Voter registration. Copies of data collected and maintained on electors. Duty of secretary to furnish, §21-2-225. Designation of voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Improvement of accuracy and efficiency of voter registration systems. Nongovernmental entity conceived to share and exchange information. Information from entity to conduct maintenance on list of eligible electors, §21-2-232. Membership in entity by secretary of state, §21-2-225. List of eligible and qualified registered electors in state. Authorized to procure and provide equipment to permit county boards of registrars to access and utilize, §21-2-211. Establishment and maintenance of list, §21-2-211. List of felons, mentally incompetent, noncitizens and deceased furnished secretary, §21-2-231. Mail voter registration application forms, §21-2-223. National voter registration act. Chief state election official to coordinate state responsibilities, §21-2-210.

SECRETARY OF STATE - Cont’d Voter registration - Cont’d National voter registration act - Cont’d Designation as chief state election official, §21-2-210. Voting machines. Examination, §21-2-324. SEDITION AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES. Election or nomination of subversive person to office. Ineligibility, §21-2-7. SELLING VOTES, §21-2-570. SENTENCING. Election offenses. Felonies, §21-2-600. Misdemeanors, §21-2-599. SERVICE OF PROCESS. Contested election or primary, §21-2-524. Elections. Contested election or primary, §21-2-524. Elector challenging qualifications of person applying to register to vote, §21-2-229. Examination of nomination petitions, §21-2-171. State election board. Copy of action seeking relief affecting calling, holding, etc., of election or primary, §21-2-32. Investigations of elections or primaries, §21-2-33. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. State election board. Copy of action seeking relief affecting calling, holding, etc., of election or primary, §21-2-32. Investigations by board into conduct of elections or primaries, §21-2-33. Voter registration. Examination of qualifications of electors by registrars, §21-2-236. Voter qualifications examined by board of registrars, §21-2-228. SETTLEMENTS. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-527.1.

INDEX SOCIAL SECURITY. Electors’ social security numbers. Public inspection prohibited, §21-2-225. Voter registration. Social security numbers of electors not open to public inspection, §21-2-225.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Lobbyist registration. Contents of application, statement regarding sexual harassment policy, §21-5-71. SHERIFFS. Elections. Elector qualifications examined by board of registrars. Service of summons, notices and subpoenas, §21-2-228. SHOPPING CENTERS. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. SIGNATURES. Elections. Absentee voting application, §21-2-381. Effect of signature mismatches, §21-2-381. Improper signing of affidavits or nomination petitions, §21-2-563. Petitions to qualify political bodies to nominate candidates for state-wide office by convention, §21-2-182. Recall of public officers. Petitions, §21-4-8. Compelling person to sign, §21-4-20. Determination of eligibility to sign, §21-4-19. Giving or receiving money to sign, §21-4-20. Unqualified persons, §21-4-10. Withdrawal from petition, §§21-4-5,

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. Elections. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Electors’ social security numbers. Public inspection prohibited, §21-2-225. Voter registration. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Social security numbers of electors not open to public inspection, §21-2-225. SOCIAL SERVICES. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION. Districts. Supervisors. Campaign contributions. Exemption from disclosure reporting requirement, §21-5-34. SOLICITATION. Election offenses. Solicitation to commit election fraud, §21-2-604. SOLICITING VOTES AT POLLING PLACES, §§21-2-413, 21-2-414.

SISTERS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

SONS. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

SISTERS-IN-LAW. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

SONS-IN-LAW. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Absentee voting applications. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381.

INDEX SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES, §§21-2-540 to Arrangement of candidates on ballot, §21-2-285. Bonded debt, incurring, §21-2-45.1. Conduct, §21-2-540. Even-numbered years, day for holding, §21-2-540. Failure to fill nomination or office, death or withdrawal of elected person, §21-2-504. Holding at time of general primary or election, §21-2-541. Inclusion of candidates or questions on ballot for general primary or election, §21-2-541. Listing candidates on ballot, §21-2-540. No opposed candidate in special primary. Primary not to be held, §21-2-545. Odd-numbered years, day for holding, §21-2-540. Publication of cause, §21-2-540. Question presented to voters. Time for holding, §21-2-540. Terms of office for municipal officers, §§21-2-541.1, 21-2-541.2. Time for holding, §21-2-540. Unopposed candidate in primary. Primary not to be held, §21-2-545. Vacancy in office. Either house of general assembly, §21-2-544. Time for holding to fill, §21-2-540. United States congressional representative’s seat, §21-2-543. Extraordinary circumstances, §21-2-543.1. United States senate seats, §21-2-542. Withdrawal, death or disqualification of nominated candidate resulting in no candidate for office. Special primary to fill vacancy, §21-2-134. STANDING. Contested elections and primaries. Persons who may bring contest, §21-2-521.

STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES. Clerks of court. Candidate for election as clerk required to name chief deputy prior to election. Ballot to include name of chief deputy below name of candidate, §21-2-17. Judges. Elections. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. Campaign contributions by agencies, §21-5-30.2. STATE ELECTION BOARD, §§21-2-30 to 21-2-36. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Political parties to establish and maintain, §21-2-111. STATE TREASURER. Presidential electors. Payment of expenses of electoral college, §21-2-13. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Government transparency and campaign finance act, §21-5-13. Recall of public officers. Limitation on period during which petitions accepted, §21-4-11. STAYS. Elections. Contested elections and primaries. Appeals, §21-2-528. STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING. Voting machines to permit, §21-2-322. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. Elector identifying self to poll worker, §21-2-417. SUBPOENAS. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525. Elections. Contested elections and primaries, §21-2-525.

INDEX SUBPOENAS - Cont’d Elections - Cont’d Elector qualifications examined by registrars, §21-2-228. Nomination petition, examination, §21-2-171. State election board. Power to issue, §21-2-33. Government transparency and campaign finance act. State ethics commission. Powers of commission, §21-5-6. State election board. Power to issue, §21-2-33. SUBVERSIVES. Ineligibility to be nominated or elected to office, §21-2-7. SUMMONS AND PROCESS. Government transparency and campaign finance commission, §21-5-6. SUNDAYS. Elections. Computation of time periods under chapter, §21-2-14. SUPERINTENDENTS. Elections. Generally, §§21-2-70 to 21-2-77. SUPERIOR COURTS. Clerks of court. Council of superior court clerks of Georgia. Voter information on inactive voters provided to council. Maintenance of jury lists, §21-2-231. County registrars. Certification of appointments and designation to secretary of state, §21-2-212. List of noncitizens and of persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude furnished secretary of state and superior court clerks council, §21-2-231. Recall of public officers. Calling recall elections, §21-4-13. Contested elections or primaries. Jurisdiction, §21-2-523. County registrars. Appointment by judge, §21-2-212.

SUPERIOR COURTS - Cont’d Elections. Actions by attorney general to enforce civil penalties or order of state election board. Limitation on court’s inquiry, §21-2-33.1. Contested elections and primaries. Jurisdiction, §21-2-523. Duties on days of primaries and elections, §21-2-412. Judges. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Judges. County registrars. Appointment, §21-2-212. Elections. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Qualification of candidates. General elections in even numbered years following, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate at any one election, §21-2-136. Jurisdiction. Recall of public officers. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18.

INDEX SUPERIOR COURTS - Cont’d Jurisdiction - Cont’d Recall of public officers - Cont’d Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. Recall of public officers. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18. Clerk. Calling of recall elections, §21-4-13. Review of grounds for recall petition, §21-4-6. SUPREME COURT. Justices. Election. Date of election, §21-2-9. Designation of person candidate seeking to succeed, §21-2-135. Issuance of certificates of election and commission to, §21-2-502. Nonpartisan primaries and elections, §21-2-138. Notice of candidacy and payment of qualifying fee, §21-2-132. Restriction on number of offices sought by nominee or candidate, §21-2-136. Elections. Qualification of candidates. General elections in even numbered years following, §21-2-132. Recall of public officials. Review of grounds for recall petition. Discretionary appeal on ruling of insufficiency by superior court judge, §21-4-6. SYNAGOGUES. Voter registration. Temporary or permanent places for voter registration, §21-2-215. T TAMPERING. Voting machines, electronic ballot markers, tabulating machines, etc, §§21-2-580, 21-2-582. TAXATION. Elections. General assembly, prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1.

TAXATION - Cont’d General assembly. Election or re-election to general assembly. Prerequisites to seeking office, §21-5-9.1. TEACHERS. Principals. Deputy registrar, §21-2-215. TENANTS IN COMMON. Campaign finance. Direct ownership interest defined, §21-5-3. THREATS. Elections. Interference with primaries and elections, §21-2-566. Intimidation of electors, §21-2-567. TIME. Elections. Absentee voting applications, §21-2-381. Computation of time periods under chapter, §21-2-14. Extension of poll hours, authority to order, §21-2-403. Holding conventions for purposes of nominating candidates, §21-2-172. Nonpartisan primaries and elections for judicial offices, §21-2-138. Nonpartisan primary called by municipality, §21-2-157. Notice of candidacy. Candidates nominated for state-wide office in convention, §21-2-187. Notice of candidacy, filing, §21-2-132. Write-in candidates, §21-2-133. Officers elected at November elections, §21-2-9. Opening and closing of polls, §21-2-403. Petitions to qualify political body to nominate candidates for state-wide office by convention. Submission to secretary of state, §21-2-185. Primaries generally, §21-2-150. Qualification of candidates in state or county primary, §21-2-153. Run-off elections or primaries, §21-2-501. Special elections for primaries. Holding generally, §21-2-540.

INDEX TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT. Campaign contributions, §§21-5-30 to Financial disclosure statements, §§21-5-50, 21-5-51. General provisions, §§21-5-1 to Lobbyist registration, §§21-5-70 to TRANSPORTATION. State transportation board. Financial disclosure statements required, §21-5-50. TRAPPING. Licenses. License agents. Voter registration incorporated into resident licenses. Prohibited acts, not deputy registrar, §21-2-221.1. Voter registration. Incorporated into resident licenses, §21-2-221.1. TRUCKING COMPANIES. Campaign contributions. Exception from prohibitional contributions, §21-5-30. U UNCLES. Absentee ballots. Delivery to board for absentee elector, §21-2-385. Persons entitled to make application for absent elector, §21-2-381. UNIFORM AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. Voter registration. Application for voter registration by persons residing overseas, §21-2-219. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Presidents. Deputy registrars, §21-2-215. Voter registration. Educational facilities as temporary or permanent places for registration, §21-2-215. Presidents, deputy registrars, §21-2-215.

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES - Cont’d Voter registration - Cont’d Residence not gained or lost by enrollment as student, §21-2-217. V VENUE. Contested elections and primaries. Case contesting result in two or more counties. Jury trial, §21-2-526. Elections. Attorney general actions brought to enforce civil penalties or orders of state election board, §21-2-33.1. Challenge to candidate’s qualifications to hold office. County or municipal office. Filing petition for appeal, §21-2-6. Federal or state office. Filing petition for appeal, §21-2-5. Contested election or primary. Case contesting result in two or more counties. Jury trial, §21-2-526. Prosecuting candidate for false statement in connection with notice of candidacy or qualification, §21-2-565. State election board. Proceedings to compel compliance with election laws, restraining fraudulent or illegal conduct, §21-2-32. Government transparency and campaign finance act. Actions for temporary restraining orders, other injunctive relief or civil penalties, §21-5-6. Civil violations of chapter or action by or on behalf of commission, §21-5-8. Recall of public officers. Actions against election superintendent, §21-4-18. State election board proceedings. Compliance with election laws, restraining fraudulent or illegal conduct, §21-2-32. VERDICTS. Election contests. Special verdict, §21-2-526.

INDEX VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Elections. Presidential electors. Certification by governor, §21-2-499. Compensation, §21-2-13. Date of electing, §21-2-10. Duties, §21-2-11. Expenses of electoral college, §21-2-13. Vacancies, §21-2-12. VITAL RECORDS. List of deceased persons furnished secretary of state. Local registrars to provide, §21-2-231. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. Voter registration. Deputy registrars. Presidents of state supported technical institute, §21-2-215. VOTE BUYING OR SELLING, §21-2-570. VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARDS, §21-2-417.1. VOTER REGISTRATION, §§21-2-210 to 21-2-236. Absentee registration, §21-2-381. Armed forces, merchant marine or persons residing overseas, §21-2-219. Registrar acceptance of application to correct elector’s name on voter registration list, §21-2-218. Addresses, confidentiality for those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. Advertising of additional registration places and hours, §21-2-215. Agencies for voter registration. Designation, §21-2-222. Prohibited acts by persons providing services, §21-2-222. Services provided, §21-2-222. Age to register, §21-2-216. Age to vote, §21-2-216. Appeals. Challenge by elector of qualifications of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Application, §§21-2-220, 21-2-221. Aid to disabled or illiterate, §21-2-220. Assistance to applicants in completing. Designated voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Confidentiality of original, §21-2-225. Deadlines for making, §21-2-224. Designated voter registration agencies. Services provided, §21-2-222. Disposition notice, §21-2-226. Driver’s license or identification card, §21-2-221. Electronic application, §21-2-221.2. Safekeeping of electronic records, §21-2-236. Hunting, fishing or trapping licenses. Registration incorporated into resident licenses, §21-2-221.1. Identification, §21-2-221. Notice of disposition, §21-2-226. Rejection, §21-2-220. Retention of rejected applications, §21-2-236. Transmission of applications to secretary of state, §21-2-224. Armed forces members, §21-2-219. Assistance to applicants in completing voter registration. Designated voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Birth date of elector. Year of birth available for public inspection, §21-2-225. Board of registrars. Validation of a provisional ballot, §21-2-419. Boundaries of counties changed, §21-2-224. Boundaries of municipalities located wholly or partially within boundaries of county. Duty of municipality to provide maps, §21-2-226. Business hours of office of registrars, §21-2-215. Cancellation of registration in former state or county, §21-2-218. Cards, §21-2-226. Change in precinct or voting district or districts. New card issued, §21-2-226. Costs of postage for issuance of new cards. Reimbursement to registrars, §21-2-226.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Cards - Cont’d Form determined by secretary of state, §§21-2-219, 21-2-226. Instructions in event of change of address, §21-2-226. Issuance to elector found eligible to register, §21-2-226. New cards issued, §21-2-226. Retention of registration cards, §21-2-236. Secured and maintained in main office of board of registrars, §21-2-215. Challenge of qualifications of persons applying to register to vote. Applicants right to remain on list of electors, §21-2-220. Elector challenging, §21-2-229. Challenge of right of elector to vote, §21-2-230. Changed from county to another, §21-2-224. Change in precinct or voting district or districts. New registration card issued, §21-2-226. Change of address. Cancellation of registration in former state or county, §21-2-218. Comparison of information supplied by the United States postal service, §21-2-233. Driver’s license or identification card serving as notice, §21-2-221. Instructions on registration cards, §21-2-226. Within county of residence, §21-2-218. Chief deputy registrar. Appointment in county where registrars office not open and staffed during regular business hours, §21-2-213. Citizenship requirement to vote, §21-2-216. List of noncitizens furnished to secretary of state by superior court clerk, §21-2-231. Clerical help, hiring, §21-2-213. Compensation for soliciting persons to register, §21-2-602. Confidentiality of original registration applications, §21-2-225. Addresses of those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Confirmation notice. Electors failing to vote and with whom there has been no contact in three years, §21-2-234. Deadline for registration, §21-2-224. Deceased persons. Check of databases of deceased persons, §21-2-216. County registrars obtaining information from obituaries, §21-2-231. List furnished secretary of state, §21-2-231. Department of natural resources. Hunting, fishing or trapping licenses issued by department. Registration incorporated into resident licenses, forms, design, recordkeeping, §21-2-221.1. Designated voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Determining residence. Rule for, §21-2-217. Determining voter’s qualifications to register, §21-2-217. Disabled services. State funded programs providing services to persons with disabilities. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Disqualification. Felony conviction, mentally incompetent, §21-2-216. District attorneys. False information on application for registration. Referral of application to district attorney by registrars, §21-2-220. Drivers’ licenses. Application for voter registration, §21-2-221. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Elector challenging qualifications of person applying to vote, §21-2-229. Elector challenging right of elector to vote, §21-2-230. Electors eligible to vote in primary or election. Preparation and distribution of list, §21-2-224.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Electronic application, §21-2-221.2. Safekeeping of electronic records, §21-2-236. Eligibility of person applying to register. Duty of board of registrars to determine, §21-2-226. Entitlement to vote, §21-2-224. Equipment to access and utilize official list of electors. Secretary of state authorized to procure and provide, §21-2-211. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Failure of elector to vote with whom there has been no contact in three years, §21-2-234. False information when registering, §§21-2-220, 21-2-561. Felonies. Check of databases of persons convicted of felonies, §21-2-216. List of convicted felons provided secretary of state and superior court clerks council, §21-2-231. Moral turpitude. Registrars of voters. Qualifications for office, §21-2-215. Registration upon completion of sentence, §21-2-216. General primary, general election or presidential preference primary. Deadline for making application, §21-2-224. Governmental subdivision election lists. Duty of registrars to furnish, §21-2-227. Government revenue offices. Designation as voter registration offices, §21-2-222. Hearings. Elector challenging qualification of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Hours of business of registrars’ office, §21-2-215. Hunting, fishing or trapping licenses. Registration incorporated into resident licenses, §21-2-221.1. Identification. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Identification card application, §21-2-221. Inactive electors list, §21-2-235. Electors failing to vote with whom no contact in three years, §21-2-234. Preparation and distribution, §21-2-224. Ineligibility to register. Notice, §21-2-226. Inspection by public of registration data. Limitation on availability, §21-2-225. Addresses of those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. Internet application for registration, §21-2-221.2. Safekeeping of electronic records, §21-2-236. Libraries. Designation as voter registration offices, §21-2-222. List of electors for municipality for primary or election. County board of registrars to deliver to municipality, §21-2-224. List of qualified and registered electors in state. Change of address, §21-2-233. Distribution of certified electors list to precincts, §21-2-401. Elector failing to vote with whom no contact in three years. List maintenance, §21-2-234. Equipment to permit county boards of registrars to access and utilize, §21-2-211. Information included on list, §21-2-224. Limitation on registration data available for public inspection, §21-2-225. Addresses of those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. Removal of elector’s name, §§21-2-228, Retention of maintenance activity records, §21-2-236. Time limit for preparing and completing, §21-2-224. Location of office of board of registrars, §21-2-215.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Mail voter registration. Applications, §21-2-223. Distribution by voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Educators to make available, §21-2-215. When applications deemed made, §21-2-224. Identification of registrant, §21-2-220. Maps of municipal boundaries. Duty of municipality to provide board of registrars, §21-2-226. Mentally incompetent. List of persons declared furnished secretary of state, §21-2-231. Registration upon removal of disability, §21-2-216. Merchant marine members, §21-2-219. Methods for making application, §21-2-220. Missing information on application, §21-2-220. Motor voter law, §21-2-221. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Removal of elector’s name from list, §21-2-232. National voter registration act. Secretary of state designated as chief state election official, §21-2-210. No contact with elector in three years, §21-2-234. Notice. Applications. Disposition notice, §21-2-226. New place of residence, §21-2-218. Change of address, §21-2-218. Driver’s license or identification card, §21-2-221. List of electors reflecting new address, §21-2-233. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Failure of elector to vote. No contact in three years, §21-2-234. Hearing on challenge of qualifications of person applying to register, §21-2-229. Inactive electors list. Removal from list, §21-2-235. Ineligibility, §21-2-226. Missing information on application, §21-2-220.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Notice - Cont’d Removal of elector’s name from list of electors. Change of address, §21-2-233. Request by elector, §21-2-232. Not qualified to register. Knowingly registering, §21-2-561. Obituaries. County registrars obtaining information as to deceased persons from obituaries, §21-2-231. Office of board of registrars, §21-2-215. Official list of electors for use in elections. List of eligible and qualified registered electors maintained by secretary of state, §21-2-211. Overseas, citizens temporarily or permanently residing, §21-2-219. Permanent residence overseas. Registering in residence of person’s parents, §21-2-219. Petitions. Return of inactive elector to official list of electors, §21-2-235. Places of voter registration, §21-2-215. Placing elector in proper district. Duty of registrars, §21-2-226. Portion of county changed from one county to another, §21-2-224. Prerequisite to voting, §21-2-431. Voting by voting machine, §21-2-451. Presumptive evidence of person’s residence for voting. Determination by board of registrars, §21-2-217. Probate court judges. List of mentally incompetent furnished secretary of state, §21-2-231. Public assistance offices. Designation as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. Public inspection of registration data. Limitation on availability, §21-2-225. Addresses of those with protective orders or for residents of family violence shelters, §21-2-225.1. Purge from list of electors, §21-2-216. Reregistration, §21-2-216. Qualifications of electors, §21-2-216. Examination by board of registrars, §§21-2-228, 21-2-236.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Records. Retention, §21-2-236. Recruitment office of armed forces. Designation as voter registration agency, §21-2-222. Registrars. Absentee ballot clerk. Certification, §21-2-101. Registrar appointed as, §21-2-380.1. Acceptance of application to correct elector’s name on voter registration list, §21-2-218. Additional places for registration, §21-2-215. Appointment, §21-2-212. Arrest. Privilege from upon days of primaries and elections, §21-2-214. Budget prepared by board of registrars, §21-2-212. Business hours, §21-2-215. Challenge by elector of qualifications of person applying to register. Procedure generally, §21-2-229. Chief registrar. Certification, §21-2-101. Chief administrative officer of board of registrars, §21-2-212. Designation, §21-2-212. Duties generally, §21-2-212. Compensation, §21-2-212. Costs of postage for issuance to new cards. Application to secretary of state for reimbursement, §21-2-226. County governing authority appointing. Certain counties, §21-2-212. Death, resignation or removal. Appointment of successor, §21-2-212. Delivery of certified electors list to precincts, §21-2-401. Deputy registrars, §21-2-213. School principals, college or university presidents, etc., §21-2-215. Determining voter’s qualifications to register, §21-2-217. Disqualification to act as registrar, §21-2-8. Distribution of certified electors list to managers, §21-2-401.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Registrars - Cont’d Eligibility of person applying to register. Duty of board to determine, §21-2-226. Examination of qualifications of elector, §21-2-228. Funding sources, §21-2-212. Hearings on qualifications of electors conducted in public, §21-2-214. Hours of business of office, §21-2-215. Investigation of division or redivision of precincts, §21-2-262. List of electors for elections held in governmental subdivisions. Duty to furnish, §21-2-227. List of electors for municipality. County board of registrars to deliver to municipality, §21-2-224. Location of office of registrars, §21-2-215. Maps showing municipal boundaries. Duty of municipality to provide to board, §21-2-226. Meetings of board of registrars, §21-2-212. Monthly contingent allowance for operation of office, §21-2-213.1. Oath, §21-2-214. Office not open during regular business hours. Appointment of chief deputy registrar, §21-2-213. Office of board of registrars, §21-2-215. Offices to remain open during primaries and elections until duties completed, §21-2-490. Placing elector in proper district, §21-2-226. Political activity. Prohibition, §21-2-214. Qualification of electors omitted by inadvertence or mistake. Meetings to consider during primary or election, §21-2-407. Qualifications generally, §21-2-214. Qualifying for nomination or office to be voted for at primary or election. Vacation of an office, §21-2-214. State-wide voter registration system credit for voting. Registrars to enter into, §21-2-215. Successors. Appointment on death, resignation or removal of registrar, §21-2-212.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Registrars - Cont’d Superior court judges appointing, §21-2-212. Temporary or permanent voter registration places, §21-2-215. Term, §21-2-212. Vacancies in office. Qualification for nomination or office to be voted for at primary or election, §21-2-214. Registrars of vital statistics. List of deceased persons furnished secretary of state, §21-2-231. Rejection of application. Failure to provide required information or submission of false information, §21-2-220. Removal of elector’s name from list of electors, §21-2-228. Felons and mentally incompetent, noncitizens and deceased persons, §21-2-231. Moving to another county or state, §21-2-232. Residency requirement, §21-2-216. Determining residence, §21-2-217. Moving residence into state, county or municipality, §21-2-218. Retention of records, §21-2-236. Return of inactive elector to official list of electors, §21-2-235. Rules for determining residence, §21-2-217. Schools. Designation of public schools as voter registration offices, §21-2-222. Secretary of state. Copies of data collected and maintained on electors. Duty to furnish, §21-2-225. Costs of postage for issuance of new cards. Registrars to apply to secretary for reimbursement, §21-2-226. Designation of offices for voter registration, §21-2-222. Driver’s license or identification card applications, §21-2-221. Electronic application for registration on secretary’s website, §21-2-221.2. Safekeeping of electronic records, §21-2-236.

VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Secretary of state - Cont’d Improvement of accuracy and efficiency of voter registration systems. Nongovernmental entity conceived to share and exchange information. Information from entity to conduct maintenance on list of eligible electors, §21-2-232. Membership in entity by secretary of state, §21-2-225. List of eligible and qualified registered electors in state. Authorized to procure and provide equipment to permit county boards of registrars to access and utilize, §21-2-211. Establishment and maintenance of list, §21-2-211. List of felons, mentally incompetent and deceased furnished secretary, §21-2-231. List of inactive electors. Maintenance by secretary, §21-2-235. Mail voter registration application forms, §21-2-223. National voter registration act. Designation as chief election official, §21-2-210. Registration cards, §§21-2-219, Transmission of registration applications to secretary of state, §21-2-224. Signatures sent electronically, §21-2-222. Social security numbers. Documentation required for voter registration, §21-2-220.1. Electors, limitations on availability, §21-2-225. Special primary or special election. Deadline for making application, §21-2-224. State-wide voter registration system credit for voting by qualified voters. Registrars to enter into, §21-2-215. Superior court clerk. List of convicted felons and noncitizens furnished secretary of state and superior court clerks council, §21-2-231.

INDEX VOTER REGISTRATION - Cont’d Temporary or permanent voter registration places, §21-2-215. Time limit for making applications, §21-2-224. Transmission of registration applications to secretary of state, §21-2-224. Under other name, §21-2-561. Voting a provisional ballot. Completion of official voter registration form, §21-2-418. Voting by elector whose name appears on list of inactive electors, §21-2-235.

VOTING MORE THAN ONCE IN SAME ELECTION OR PRIMARY, §21-2-572. VOTING PRECINCTS. Generally, §§21-2-260 to 21-2-270. W WELFARE. Voter registration. Designation of certain offices as voter registration agencies, §21-2-222. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. Election polling places. Photographing or recording electronic ballot marker or voted ballot, §21-2-568.2. Use prohibited, §21-2-413.

VOTERS. Elections generally, §§21-2-1 to Registration generally, §§21-2-210 to

WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDACY, §21-2-134.

VOTER’S CERTIFICATES, §21-2-402. Execution by elector desiring to vote, §21-2-431. Fraudulent certificate, §21-2-566. Insertion in voter’s certificate binder, §21-2-432. Tampering with, §21-2-566. Voting machines used in by precinct. Insertion of certificate in voter’s certificate binder, §21-2-453.

WITHDRAWAL OF PERSON ELECTED. Special primaries or elections, §21-2-504.

VOTING. Absentee voting. Generally, §§21-2-380 to 21-2-390. Assistance to voters, §21-2-409. Absentee voting, §21-2-385. Oath of person assisting, §21-2-384. Ballots. Generally, §§21-2-430 to 21-2-440. Direct electronic recording voting system. Generally, §§21-2-379.1 to 21-2-379.11. Optical scanning voting system. Generally, §§21-2-365 to 21-2-379, 21-2-480 to 21-2-486. Special elections and primaries. Generally, §§21-2-540 to 21-2-546. State-wide voting equipment, §21-2-300. Voting machines. Generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334, 21-2-450 to 21-2-457. VOTING MACHINES. Generally, §§21-2-320 to 21-2-334, 21-2-450 to 21-2-457.

WITNESSES. Elections. Electors qualifications examined by board of registrars, §21-2-228. Examination of nomination petitions, §21-2-171. Investigations by state election board, §21-2-33. WORTHLESS CHECKS. Election of county and municipal officers. Payment of qualifying fee by candidate, §21-2-6. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. Absentee ballot, §21-2-381.1. State write-in absentee ballot for certain electors, §21-2-381.2. Computation and certification of write-in votes, §21-2-494. Designation of specific office sought. Multiple officeholders with same title, §21-2-135. Eligibility requirements, §21-2-133. Municipal run-off primaries or elections, §21-2-501. Optical scanning voting systems, §21-2-373. Computing and certifying votes, §21-2-486.

INDEX WRITE-IN CANDIDATES - Cont’d Optical scanning voting systems - Cont’d Tabulating votes, §21-2-483. Primaries, prohibition, §21-2-435.

WRITE-IN CANDIDATES - Cont’d Voting machines. Municipal primaries, prohibition as to voting, §21-2-452. Procedure as to voting, §21-2-452.