Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 183 - RULES OF STATE ELECTION BOARD › Chapter 183-1 - GEORGIA ELECTION CODE › Subject 183-1-12 - PREPARATION FOR AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS › Rule 183-1-12-.07 - Preparation for Elections

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
1. The election superintendent shall review
				the electronic databases used to generate ballots for correctness and accuracy
				in generating paper ballots and touchscreen displays.
2. Each ballot style and touchscreen display
				shall be proofread by the election superintendent or a person or persons under
				the direction of the superintendent to check that the ballot contains the
				proper offices, candidates, and questions to be submitted to the voters, that
				the offices and names are spelled and designated correctly, that political
				party or body affiliations and incumbency of candidates are correctly
				designated where applicable, and that the questions are presented in accordance
				with law and this rule and that the correct offices and questions are presented
				on each ballot style or touchscreen display.
3. For each office up for election, the paper
				ballot or touchscreen display shall state the name of the office; the post,
				position, or person presently holding the office if necessary to identify the
				specific office subject to election; the number of candidates for which the
				voter may vote for such office; the names of the candidates; the residence
				address of the candidates if there has been a determination that the names are
				sufficiently similar to so require such information under O.C.G.A. §
									21-2-379.5. In partisan elections,
				the paper ballot and touchscreen display shall designate the political party or
				body that nominated the candidate or a designation of the candidate as an
				independent candidate; and the designation of the incumbency of a candidate
				seeking reelection to the office which the candidate then holds.
4. The offices, candidates, and questions
				shall be listed on the ballot in the order specified in O.C.G.A. §§
									21-2-379.4 and
				21-2-379.5.
5. The election superintendent shall review
				the audio ballot prepared for use with the touchscreen display for voters with
				disabilities. The superintendent shall confirm that every section of the audio
				ballot is pronounced correctly. The election superintendent shall also confirm
				that no candidate's name; political party, political body, or independent
				designation; incumbency; or other such information nor any referendum question
				or answer or response thereto is emphasized, stressed, or otherwise inflected
				in any manner to distinguish a particular candidate, party or body, question,
				answer or response to a referendum question either negatively or positively or
				to suggest whether to vote for or against such candidates or questions in such
				audio recordings.
6. The
				Superintendent shall check that the memory cards used in the ballot scanner are
				formatted and contain no extraneous software or data prior to use in an
				election. The ballot scanner memory cards shall be named to indicate the
				polling place where they will be used. If more than one ballot scanner is to be
				used in a single polling place, the memory card name shall differentiate
				between the scanners.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											21-2-31,
				  21-2-379.4,
				  21-2-379.5.