Georgia Code
Part 4 - Optical Scanning Voting Systems
§ 21-2-373. Write-in Votes; Secrecy

In elections, electors shall be permitted to cast write-in votes. The design of the ballot shall permit the superintendents, in counting the write-in votes, to determine readily whether an elector has cast any write-in vote not authorized by law. The Secretary of State, in specifying the form of the ballot, and the State Election Board, in promulgating rules and regulations respecting the conduct of elections, shall provide for ballot secrecy in connection with write-in votes.
History. Code 1981, § 21-2-373 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, § 37; Ga. L. 1999, p. 29, § 1.
Cross references.
Exceptions to right to register and vote, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. I, Para. III.
Procedure for counting write-in votes, § 21-2-437 .
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 note, “Georgia’s Runoff Election System Has Run Its Course,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 1063 (2020).

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