Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 21-2-405. Meeting of Poll Officers at Place of Primary or Election; Oaths; Failure of Poll Officer to Appear; Custodians of Voting Materials; Temporary Absence or Disability; Poll Workers Working Less Than Entire Day

History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1228, 1233; Code 1868, §§ 1309, 1314; Code 1873, §§ 1282, 1287; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 151, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 1282, 1287; Civil Code 1895, §§ 66, 71; Civil Code 1910, §§ 76, 81; Code 1933, § 34-1201; Code 1933, § 34-1308, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 5; Ga. L. 1970, p. 347, § 23; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1512, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 140, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 517, § 43.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 21 - Elections

Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally

Article 11 - Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 21-2-400. Duty of Superintendent to Obtain Cards of Instruction, Blank Forms of Oaths, and Other Forms and Supplies; Preparation and Distribution of Sample or Facsimile Ballot Labels

§ 21-2-401. Delivery of Forms and Supplies to Precincts; Distribution of Copy of Certified Electors List; Contents of List; Authentication; Return Receipts; Master List of County or Municipal Electors; Items to Be Provided at Polling Place

§ 21-2-402. Preparation of Voter’s Certificates by Secretary of State; Form of Certificates; Binders for Certificates; Other Voter’s Certificates

§ 21-2-403. Time for Opening and Closing of Polls; Extended Poll Hours

§ 21-2-404. Affording Employees Time Off to Vote

§ 21-2-405. Meeting of Poll Officers at Place of Primary or Election; Oaths; Failure of Poll Officer to Appear; Custodians of Voting Materials; Temporary Absence or Disability; Poll Workers Working Less Than Entire Day

§ 21-2-406. Public Performance of Duties by Officials

§ 21-2-407. Duty of Registrars to Review Qualifications of Electors Who May Have Been Erroneously Omitted From List of Electors; Authority to Place Such Electors on the List

§ 21-2-408. Poll Watchers; Designation; Duties; Removal for Interference With Election; Reports of Infractions or Irregularities; Ineligibility of Candidates to Serve; Training

§ 21-2-409. Assisting Electors Who Cannot Read English or Who Have Disabilities

§ 21-2-409.1. Voting by Electors Who Are 75 Years of Age or Older or Disabled Electors Without Having to Wait in Line

§ 21-2-410. Poll Officers Authorized to Give Instructions to Electors Upon Request

§ 21-2-411. Return of Checked List of Electors and Voter’s Certificates to Superintendent; Disposition of List and Certificates by Registrars

§ 21-2-412. Duties of Superior Courts on Days of Primaries and Elections

§ 21-2-413. Conduct of Voters, Campaigners, and Others at Polling Places Generally

§ 21-2-414. Restrictions on Campaign Activities, Giving of Food or Water, and Public Opinion Polling Within the Vicinity of a Polling Place; Cellular Phone Use Prohibited; Prohibition of Candidates From Entering Certain Polling Places; Penalty

§ 21-2-417. Presentation of Identification to Poll Workers; Form of Proper Identification; Swearing of Statement When Unable to Produce Proper Identification; Provisional Ballots for Those; Penalty for False Statement Under Oath

§ 21-2-417.1. Voter Identification Card

§ 21-2-418. Provisional Ballots

§ 21-2-419. Validation of Provisional Ballots; Reporting to Secretary of State

§ 21-2-420. Procedure for Counting and Tabulation of Ballots

§ 21-2-421. Posting of Required Information After Closing of Polls; Reporting to Secretary of State