No optical scanning voting system shall be adopted or used unless it shall, at the time, satisfy the following requirements:
History. Code 1981, § 21-2-365 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 37; Ga. L. 1999, p. 29, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 7, § 19/HB 316.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 2, 2019, substituted “A ballot scanner” for “An optical scanning tabulator” at the beginning of paragraph (5).
Editor’s notes.
Ga L. 1998, p. 1231, § 13, effective April 20, 1998, and Ga. L. 1998, p. 265, § 1, repealed former Code Section 21-2-365 , which was based on Code 1981, § 21-2-365 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 964, § 2, relating to the use of optical scan voting systems.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Ballot secrecy, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Ballots, § 183-1-11-.01.
Law reviews.
For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 81 (2019).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 9 - Voting Machines and Vote Recorders Generally
Part 4 - Optical Scanning Voting Systems
§ 21-2-365. Requirements for Use of Optical Scanning Voting Systems
§ 21-2-366. Authorization for Utilization of Optical Scanning Systems
§ 21-2-367. Installation of Systems; Number of Systems; Good Working Order
§ 21-2-369. Printing of Ballots; Arrangement
§ 21-2-369.1. Candidates With Similar Names
§ 21-2-371. Unofficial Ballots; Out-of-Order Systems
§ 21-2-372. Ballot Description
§ 21-2-373. Write-in Votes; Secrecy
§ 21-2-374. Proper Programming; Proper Order; Testing; Supplies
§ 21-2-375. Delivery of Equipment to Polling Places; Protection for Equipment; Required Accessories
§ 21-2-376. Demonstration of Equipment
§ 21-2-377. Custody and Storage When Not in Use