Willful Omissions by Poll Officers

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Elections
  4. Elections and Primaries Generally
  5. Miscellaneous Offenses
  6. Willful Omissions by Poll Officers

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Any poll officer who willfully:

  1. Fails to file the voter's certificate of any elector actually voting at any primary or election;
  2. Fails to record voting information as required by this chapter; or
  3. Fails to insert in the numbered list of voters the name of any person actually voting

    shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1933, § 34-1922, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Fingerprinting not required.

- An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-589 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 449.

C.J.S.

- 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.


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