Georgia Code, Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 15 - Miscellaneous Offenses
- § 21-2-560 - Making of False Statements Generally
Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 21-2-565, any person who shall make a false statement under oath or affirmation regarding any material matter...
- § 21-2-561 - False Registration
Any person who: (1) Registers as an elector knowing that such elector does not possess the qualifications required by law; (2) Registers as an...
- § 21-2-562 - Fraudulent Entries; Unlawful Alteration or Destruction of Entries; Unlawful Removal of Documents; Neglect or Refusal to Deliver Documents
(a) Any person who willfully: (1) Inserts or permits to be inserted any fictitious name, false figure, false statement, or other fraudulent entry on...
- § 21-2-563 - Improper Signing or Alteration of Nomination Petitions or Affidavits
Any person who knowingly and willfully: (1) Signs any nomination petition without having the qualifications prescribed by this chapter; (2) Sets any false statement...
- § 21-2-564 - Willful Destruction, Fraudulent Filing, or Suppression of Nomination Materials
Any person who willfully makes any false nomination certificate or defaces or destroys any nomination petition, nomination certificate, or nomination paper, or letter of...
- § 21-2-565 - Making of False Statements in Connection With Filing Notice of Candidacy or Qualifying As Candidate for Party Nomination; Duties of District Attorney As to Violations
(a) Any person knowingly making any false statement in connection with filing a notice of candidacy under Code Section 21-2-132 or in connection with...
- § 21-2-566 - Interference With Primaries and Elections Generally
Any person who: (1) Willfully prevents or attempts to prevent any poll officer from holding any primary or election under this chapter; (2) Uses...
- § 21-2-567 - Intimidation of Electors
(a) Any person who uses or threatens to use force and violence, or acts in any other manner to intimidate any other person, to:...
- § 21-2-568 - Entry Into Voting Compartment or Booth While Another Voting; Interfering With Elector; Inducing Elector to Reveal or Revealing Elector's Vote; Influencing Voter While Assisting
(a) Any person who knowingly: (1) Goes into the voting compartment or voting machine booth while another is voting or marks the ballot or...
- § 21-2-569 - Interfering With Poll Officers
Any person, including any poll officer, who willfully prevents any poll officer from performing the duties imposed on him or her by this chapter...
- § 21-2-570 - Giving or Receiving, Offering to Give or Receive, or Participating in the Giving or Receiving of Money or Gifts for Registering As a Voter, Voting, or Voting for a Particular Candidate
Any person who gives or receives, offers to give or receive, or participates in the giving or receiving of money or gifts for the...
- § 21-2-571 - Voting by Unqualified Elector or Giving False Information
Any person who votes or attempts to vote at any primary or election, knowing that such person does not possess all the qualifications of...
- § 21-2-572 - Repeat Voting in Same Primary or Election
Any person who votes in more than one precinct in the same primary or election or otherwise fraudulently votes more than once at the...
- § 21-2-573 - Absentee Voting by Unqualified Elector
Any person who votes or attempts to vote by absentee ballot at any primary or election under Article 10 of this chapter who knows...
- § 21-2-574 - Unlawful Possession of Ballots
Any person, other than an officer charged by law with the care of ballots or a person entrusted by any such officer with the...
- § 21-2-575 - Counterfeit Ballots or Ballot Labels; Sample or Facsimile Ballots
(a) Any person who makes, constructs, or has in his or her possession any counterfeit of an official ballot or ballot label shall be...
- § 21-2-576 - Destroying, Defacing, or Delaying Delivery of Ballots
Any person who willfully destroys or defaces any ballot or willfully delays the delivery of any ballots shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
- § 21-2-577 - Improper Removal of Ballots From Book of Official Ballots
Any person removing any ballot from any book of official ballots, except in the manner provided by this chapter, shall be guilty of a
- § 21-2-578 - Unfolding, Opening, or Prying Into Ballots
Any person who, before any ballot is deposited in the ballot box as provided by this chapter, willfully unfolds, opens, or pries into any...
- § 21-2-579 - Fraudulently Allowing Ballot or Voting Machine to Be Seen; Casting Unofficial Ballot; Receiving Unauthorized Assistance in Voting
Any voter at any primary or election who: (1) Allows his or her ballot or the face of the voting machine used by him...
- § 21-2-580 - Tampering With, Damaging, Improper Preparation Of, or Prevention of Proper Operation of Voting Machines
Any person who: (1) Unlawfully opens, tampers with, or damages any voting machine to be used or being used at any primary or election;...
- § 21-2-581 - Unauthorized Making or Possession of Voting Machine Key
Any unauthorized person who makes or knowingly has in his or her possession a key to a voting machine to be used or being...
- § 21-2-582 - Tampering With, Damaging, or Preventing of Proper Operation of Direct Recording Electronic Equipment or Tabulating Device
Any person who tampers with or damages any direct recording electronic (DRE) equipment or tabulating computer or device to be used or being used...
- § 21-2-582.1 - Penalty for Voting Equipment Modification
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term "voting equipment" shall mean a voting machine, tabulating machine, optical scanning voting system, or...
- § 21-2-583 - Removal or Destruction of Election Supplies or Conveniences
Any person who: (1) Prior to any primary or election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice or list of candidates posted in accordance...
- § 21-2-584 - Refusal or Failure of Manager to Administer Oath to Poll Officer; Poll Officer Acting Without Being Sworn; Giving of False Certification As to Swearing of Poll Officer
If any manager refuses or willfully fails to administer the oath to the poll officer in the manner required by this chapter, or if...
- § 21-2-585 - Refusal by Superintendent or His or Her Employee to Permit Public Inspection of Documents; Removal, Destruction, or Alteration of Documents
(a) Any superintendent or employee of his or her office who willfully refuses to permit the public inspection or copying, in accordance with this...
- § 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
(a) If the Secretary of State or any employee of his or her office willfully refuses to permit the public inspection or copying, in...
- § 21-2-587 - Frauds by Poll Officers
Any poll officer who willfully: (1) Makes a false return of the votes cast at any primary or election; (2) Deposits fraudulent ballots in...
- § 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...
- § 21-2-589 - Willful Omissions by Poll Officers
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...
- § 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: (1) Permits any unregistered person to vote at any primary or election, knowing such person is unregistered; (2) Permits any...
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 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: (1) Willfully neglects or refuses to clear an avenue to the door of any polling place which is obstructed...
- § 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:...
- § 21-2-595 - Disposition of Alcoholic Beverages on Primary or Election Days
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1268, ยง 2, effective July 1, 1984.
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 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.
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 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.
- § 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...
- § 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...
- § 21-2-604 - Criminal Solicitation to Commit Election Fraud; Penalties
(a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person...
Last modified: October 14, 2016