Georgia Code, Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 8 - Voting by Ballot
- § 21-2-280 - Requirement As to Conduct of Primaries and Elections by Ballot; Requirement As to Use of Official Ballots Only
All primaries and elections in this state shall be conducted by ballot, except when voting machines are used as provided by law. A ballot...
- § 21-2-281 - Voting by Paper Ballot When Use of Voting Equipment Impossible or Impracticable
In any primary or election in which the use of voting equipment is impossible or impracticable, for the reasons set out in Code Section...
- § 21-2-282 - Voting by Paper Ballot When Use of Vote Recorders Impossible or Impracticable
Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2002, p. 598, ยง 2-4, effective April 1, 2003.
- § 21-2-283 - Printing and Safekeeping of Ballots and Labels by Superintendent
In any primary or election, the superintendent or municipal governing authority shall cause all the ballots and ballot labels to be printed accurately and...
- § 21-2-284 - Form of Official Primary Ballot; Attestation Regarding Receiving Value in Exchange for Vote
(a) In each primary separate official ballots shall be prepared for the political party holding the primary. At the top of each ballot shall...
- § 21-2-284.1 - Nonpartisan Municipal Primaries -- Form of Ballot
In the case of nonpartisan municipal primaries, the form of the official nonpartisan primary ballot shall conform insofar as practicable to the form of...
- § 21-2-285 - Form of Official Election Ballot; Attestation on Receipt of Benefit in Exchange for Vote; When an Election is Not Required
(a) At the top of each ballot for an election shall be printed in prominent type the words "OFFICIAL BALLOT," followed by the designation...
- § 21-2-285.1 - Nonpartisan Elections -- Form of Ballot; Run-Off Election; Declaration of Prevailing Candidate As Duly Elected
The names of all candidates for offices which the General Assembly has by general law or local Act provided for election in a nonpartisan...
- § 21-2-286 - Printing Specifications, Numbering, and Binding of Ballots
(a) In any primary or election, the superintendent shall cause the ballots to be printed in the form prescribed by this chapter. (b)(1) Paper...
- § 21-2-287 - Form of Absentee Ballot
The form for the absentee ballot shall be in substantially the same form as the official ballots used in the precincts, except it shall...
- § 21-2-288 - Procedure As to Printing of Ballots When Candidates for Same Nomination or Office Have Same or Similar Names
If two or more candidates for the same nomination or office shall have the same or similar names, the Secretary of State, in the...
- § 21-2-289 - Printing on Ballots of Names of Substitute Candidates
As soon as any substitute candidate has been duly nominated by his or her political party or body pursuant to Code Section 21-2-134, at...
- § 21-2-290 - Superintendent to Provide Number of Ballots Equal to Number of Registered Electors in Precinct
The superintendent shall provide, for each precinct in which a primary or election is to be held, a sufficient number of ballots equal to...
- § 21-2-291 - Procedure As to Unopposed Candidates
Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event there is no opposed candidate in a precinct in a special or...
- § 21-2-292 - Duty of Superintendent to Have Forms of Ballots on File for Public Inspection Prior to Election
The superintendent shall have on file in his or her office open to public inspection, at least five days prior to the day of...
- § 21-2-293 - Correction of Mistakes and Omissions on Ballot
When it is shown by affidavit that a mistake or omission has occurred in the printing of official ballots for any primary or election,...
- § 21-2-294 - Responsibility of Superintendent for Recording Number of Ballots Furnished and Number of Stubs, Unused Ballots, and Canceled Ballots Returned
The superintendent shall keep a record of the number of official ballots printed and furnished to each precinct at each primary and election and...
Last modified: October 14, 2016