No official ballot shall be taken or detached from its stub in any book of ballots, except by a poll officer when a person desiring to vote has been found to be an elector entitled to vote. Not more than one ballot shall be removed at any one time or given to an elector, except in the case of a spoiled ballot as provided by this article. No person other than the poll officers shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place. Only official ballots shall be deposited in the ballot box and counted, except as otherwise provided in this article. If any ballot appears to have been obtained otherwise than from the superintendent as provided by this article, the same shall not be counted; and the chief manager shall transmit such ballot to the district attorney without delay, together with whatever information he or she may have regarding the same.
History. Code 1933, § 34-1318, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Code 1933, § 34-1320, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1969, p. 308, § 19; Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Spoiled ballot definition, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Election Code, Absentee Voting, § 183-1-14-.07.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elections and Primaries Generally
Article 11 - Preparation for and Conduct of Primaries and Elections
Part 2 - Precincts Using Paper Ballots
§ 21-2-435. Procedure as to Marking and Depositing of Ballots
§ 21-2-436. Duties of Poll Officers After the Close of the Polls
§ 21-2-437. Procedure as to Count and Return of Votes Generally; Void Ballots
§ 21-2-438. Ballots Identifying Voter, Not Marked, or Improperly Marked Declared Void
§ 21-2-439. Decisions Concerning Questionable Marks or Defaced or Mutilated Ballots