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GA Code § 21-2-586 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-586. Refusal by Secretary of State or His or Her Employee to Permit Public Inspection of Documents; Removal, Destruction, or Alteration of Documents

  If the Secretary of State or any employee of his or her office willfully refuses to permit the public inspection or copying, in accordance with this chapter, of any return, petition, certificate, paper, account, contract, report, or any other document or record in his or her custody, except when in use, or willfully removes any such document or record from his or her office during such period or permits the same to be removed, except pursuant to the direction of competent authority, the Secretary of State or employee of his or her office shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   If the Secretary of State or any employee of his or her office willfully destroys, alters, or permits to be destroyed or altered any document described in subsection (a) of this Code section during the period for which the same is required to be kept in his or her office, the Secretary of State or employee of his or her office shall be guilty of a felony.    (Code 1933, § 34-1903, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Requirement that Secretary of State open election records to inspection by public, § 21-2-51.    Opening of public records for inspection by public generally, § 50-18-70 et seq.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-586 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, § 456.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.
GA Code § 21-2-588 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-588. Premature Counting of Votes by Poll Officer

 Except as provided in Code Section 21-2-386, any poll officer who counts any votes before the close of the polls or before the last person has voted, whichever occurs later in time, on the day of any primary or election shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 34-1939, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 34/HB 540.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-588 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.   ALR.   - Admissibility of parol evidence of election officials to impeach election returns, 46 A.L.R.2d 1385.
GA Code § 21-2-589 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-589. Willful Omissions by Poll Officers

 Any poll officer who willfully:    Fails to file the voter's certificate of any elector actually voting at any primary or election;   Fails to record voting information as required by this chapter; or   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.
GA Code § 21-2-590 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-590. Poll Officer Permitting Unregistered or Unqualified Persons to Vote; Refusing to Permit Registered and Qualified Persons to Vote; Unlawful Rendering of Assistance

 Any poll officer who:    Permits any unregistered person to vote at any primary or election, knowing such person is unregistered;   Permits any person registered as an elector to vote, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote, whether or not such person has been challenged;   Refuses to permit any duly registered and qualified person to vote at any primary or election, with the knowledge that such person is entitled to vote; or   Renders assistance to an elector in voting in violation of Code Section 21-2-409, or knowingly permits another person to render such assistance in violation of Code Section 21-2-409  shall be guilty of a felony.     (Code 1933, § 34-1920, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 12/SB 40.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-590 would 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.
GA Code § 21-2-591 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-591. Poll Officers Permitting Unlawful Assistance to Voters

 Any poll officer who permits a voter to be accompanied by another into the voting compartment or voting machine booth when such poll officer knows that the disability which the voter declared at the time of registration no longer exists or that the disability which the voter declared at the time of voting did not exist shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 34-1927, 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. § 21-2-591 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.
GA Code § 21-2-592 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-592. Failure of Poll Officers to Keep Record of Assisted Voters

 Any poll officer who willfully fails to keep a record, as required by Code Section 21-2-409, of the name of each voter who received assistance, the exact disability of any assisted voter which makes the assistance necessary, and the name of each person rendering assistance to a voter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 34-1928, 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. § 21-2-592 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, § 456.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 573.
GA Code § 21-2-593 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-593. Failure of Law Enforcement Officers to Remove Obstacles or to Maintain Order at Polling Places; Hindrance or Delay of Poll Officers by Law Enforcement Officers

 Any law enforcement officer who:    Willfully neglects or refuses to clear an avenue to the door of any polling place which is obstructed in such a way as to prevent electors from entering, when called upon to do so by any poll officer or elector of the precinct;   Willfully neglects or refuses to maintain order and quell any disturbance if such arises at any polling place upon the day of any primary or election, when called upon to do so by any poll officer or elector of the precinct; or   Willfully hinders or delays, or attempts to hinder or delay, any poll officer in the performance of any duty under this chapter  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1933, § 34-1919, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Law enforcement officers generally, T. 35.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-593 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
GA Code § 21-2-594 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-594. Offenses by Printers of Ballots

 Any printer employed to print any official ballots for use in a primary or election, or any person engaged in printing the same, who:    Appropriates to himself or herself or gives or delivers, or knowingly permits to be taken, any of said ballots by any unauthorized person; or   Willfully and knowingly prints, or causes to be printed, any official ballot in any form other than that prescribed by the appropriate officials or with any other names or printing, or with the names spelled otherwise than as directed by such officials or the names or printing thereon arranged in any other way than that authorized and directed by this chapter  shall be guilty of a felony.     (Ga. L. 1922, p. 97, § 6; Code 1933, §§ 34-1907, 34-9917; Code 1933, § 34-1911, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 140, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 35/HB 540.)
GA Code § 21-2-595 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-595. Disposition of Alcoholic Beverages on Primary or Election Days

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1268, § 2, effective July 1, 1984.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 34-1937, as enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess. p. 26, § 1. For current provisions regarding sale of alcoholic beverages on election days, see § 3-3-20.
GA Code § 21-2-596 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-596. Failure of Public or Political Officer to Perform Duty

 Any public officer or any officer of a political party or body on whom a duty is laid by this chapter who willfully neglects or refuses to perform his or her duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 34-1935, 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. § 21-2-596 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.
GA Code § 21-2-597 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-597. Intentional Interference With Performance of Election Duties

 Any person who intentionally interferes with, hinders, or delays or attempts to interfere with, hinder, or delay any other person in the performance of any act or duty authorized or imposed by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Code 1933, § 34-1936, 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. § 21-2-597 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 575, 576.
GA Code § 21-2-598 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-598. Violations of Chapter

 Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §21-2-598, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-598 as present Code Section 21-2-599.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 477.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 608.
GA Code § 21-2-599 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-599. Punishment for Misdemeanors Under Chapter

 Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this chapter shall be subject to any one or more of the following, in the discretion of the trial judge:    A fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00;   A sentence of confinement in the county jail or other place of imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months; or   A sentence of confinement in a county correctional institution or other appropriate institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections not to exceed 12 months.     (Code 1933, § 34-1941, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1053, § 11; Code 1981, §21-2-598; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Code 1981, §21-2-599, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-598 as present Code Section 21-2-599.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 477.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, § 608.
GA Code § 21-2-600 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-600. Punishment for Felonies Under Chapter

 Except as otherwise provided, any person convicted of a felony under this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 or imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the trial court, or may be punished as for a misdemeanor in the discretion of the trial court.    (Code 1933, § 34-1940, enacted by Ga. L. 1964 Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Code 1981, §21-2-599; Code 1981, §21-2-600, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, §§ 19, 42; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 13/SB 40.)
GA Code § 21-2-601 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-601. Use of List of Electors for Commercial Purposes Prohibited

 Any person who intentionally uses the list of electors provided for in Code Section 21-2-225 for commercial purposes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §21-2-600, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 143, § 7; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 13; Code 1981, §21-2-601, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1999, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-600 as present Code Section 21-2-601.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-601 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
GA Code § 21-2-602 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-602. Compensation for Soliciting Persons to Register to Vote Prohibited

 It shall be illegal to receive, accept, offer, or provide compensation for soliciting persons to register to vote based upon the number of persons registered and any person who knowingly receives, accepts, offers, or provides such compensation on such basis shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §21-2-600, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1443, § 14; Code 1981, §21-2-602, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1, effective January 1, 1998, redesignated former Code Section 21-2-601 as present Code Section 21-2-602.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting not required.    - An offense under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-602 would not be designated as one which requires fingerprinting. 1998 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 98-20.
GA Code § 21-2-603 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-603. Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud

 A person commits the offense of conspiracy to commit election fraud when he or she conspires or agrees with another to commit a violation of this chapter. The crime shall be complete when the conspiracy or agreement is effected and an overt act in furtherance thereof has been committed, regardless of whether the violation of this chapter is consummated. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to commit election fraud involving a violation of this chapter which is a felony shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than one-half the maximum period of time for which he or she could have been sentenced if he or she had been convicted of the crime conspired to have been committed, by one-half the maximum fine to which he or she could have been subjected if he or she had been convicted of such crime, or both. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to commit election fraud involving a violation of this chapter which is a misdemeanor shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.    (Code 1981, §21-2-603, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 65/HB 244.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d., Elections, § 351.   C.J.S.   - 29 C.J.S., Elections, §§ 367, 578.
GA Code § 21-2-604 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally|Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses|§ 21-2-604. Criminal Solicitation to Commit Election Fraud; Penalties

    A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.   A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a misdemeanor under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.       A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.   A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.     It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation to commit election fraud that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited.   The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) of this Code section are cumulative and shall not supersede any other penal law of this state.     (Code 1981, §21-2-604, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 683, § 21/SB 82.)
GA Code § 21-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Ethics in Government|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-5-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Ethics in Government Act."    (Code 1981, §21-5-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1.)
GA Code § 21-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Ethics in Government|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-5-2. Declaration of Policy

 It is declared to be the policy of this state, in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the integrity of the democratic process and to ensure fair elections for constitutional offices; state offices; district attorneys; members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate; all constitutional judicial officers; and all county and municipal elected officials, to institute and establish a requirement of public disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures relative to the seeking of such offices, to the recall of public officers holding elective office, and to the influencing of voter approval or rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment, a state-wide referendum, or a proposed question which is to appear on the ballot in any county or municipal election. Further, it is the policy of this state that the state's public affairs will be best served by disclosures of significant private interests of public officers and officials which may influence the discharge of their public duties and responsibilities. The General Assembly further finds that it is for the public to determine whether significant private interests of public officers have influenced the state's public officers to the detriment of their public duties and responsibilities and, in order to make that determination and hold the public officers accountable, the public must have reasonable access to the disclosure of the significant private interests of the public officers of this state.    (Code 1981, §21-5-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 297, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 1/HB 48.)   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.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2005 amendment of this Code section, see 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 119 (2005).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Serdula v. State, 356 Ga. App. 94, 845 S.E.2d 362 (2020).
GA Code § 21-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 21 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Ethics in Government|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-5-5. Operating Expenses

 The funds necessary to carry out this chapter shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to the commission and from any other available funds. The commission shall be a budget unit as defined in Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45, the "Budget Act"; provided, however, that the commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Secretary of State.    (Code 1981, §21-5-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 957, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 859, § 4/HB 48; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1173, § 4/SB 17.)   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.