History. Code 1981, § 21-2-101 , enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 9; Ga. L. 2005, p. 253, § 12/HB 244; Ga. L. 2007, p. 544, § 1/SB 194; Ga. L. 2008, p. 781, § 5/HB 1112; Ga. L. 2010, p. 914, § 5/HB 540; Ga. L. 2017, p. 697, § 1/HB 268; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 21/SB 365.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “within six months following their appointment” for “by no later than December 31 of the year in which they are appointed” at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a); substituted the present provisions of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “Any county chief registrar or municipal absentee ballot clerk appointed prior to January 1, 2010, who has not met the certification requirement shall complete a certification program approved by the Secretary of State by no later than December 31, 2011”; and added subsections (e) and (f).
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the first sentence of subsection (e).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 2 - Supervisory Boards and Officers
§ 21-2-90. Appointment of Chief Manager and Assistant Managers
§ 21-2-91. Appointment of Clerks
§ 21-2-93. Oath of Office for Managers and Clerks
§ 21-2-94. Form of Manager’s Oath
§ 21-2-95. Form of Clerk’s Oath
§ 21-2-96. Administration of Oaths by Managers
§ 21-2-97. Identification Badges for Poll Officers
§ 21-2-98. Compensation of Poll Officers